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Cimarron County Courthouse

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
84002988

Phone
  
+1 580-544-2221

Added to NRHP
  
23 August 1984

Built
  
1926

Opened
  
1926

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Cimarron County Courthouse

Location
  
Cimarron Ave., Boise City, Oklahoma

MPS
  
County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR

Address
  
1 Courthouse Sq , Boise City, OK 73933, Boise City, OK 73933, United States

Similar
  
Blaine County Courthouse, Noble County Courthouse, Pawnee County Courthouse, Camp Nichols, Seminole County Courthouse

The Cimarron County Courthouse is the historic courthouse serving Cimarron County, Oklahoma, located in Boise City. The courthouse was designed by M.C. Parker in the Classical Revival and Neoclassical styles and built in red brick by Strong & Froman. The building opened in 1926 after the previous wood frame courthouse burned down. On August 23, 1984, the courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1943, an Army Air Forces training mission accidentally bombed the courthouse. The training unit, which mistook the courthouse for its intended target, dropped six practice bombs near the building. All but one of the bombs exploded, though they did little damage as they were made of dynamite and sand; the city preserved the unexploded bomb. Boise City was once thought to be the only U.S. city bombed by its own military, though similar incidents have since been discovered.

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Cimarron County Courthouse Wikipedia