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Le Flore County Courthouse
Poteau, Oklahoma |
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1926 Architect - Bassham & Wheeler Photos: Robert Deering 4/23/2006 |
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COUNTY NAMED FOR: A well-know Choctaw family of French descent, whose most prominent member was Greenwood LeFlore.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The nearby Poteau River, a tributary of the Arkansas River. The French word, Poteau, translates into English as "post" meaning "military post" or outpost.
COURTHOUSES: The county rented space until the 1927 courthouse was completed.
STANDING: 1926 brick courthouse with Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival details.
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1926 Courthouse