Rogers County Courthouse
Claremore, Oklahoma
 
 
     
 
 Completed - 2013
 Architect - BKL, Incorporated
Photos: Robert Deering 7/10/2019
 
 
 
1937 Courthouse
 

1916 Courthouse
Former Athletic Club
COUNTY ORGANIZED: The county was originally created in 1907 from the western Saline District of the Cherokee Nation.
COUNTY NAMED FOR: The county was originally named Cooweescoowee County.  However, the residents protested and the name was changed to Rogers County, after Clement Vann Rogers, a mixed-blooded Cherokee rancher and elder member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.  He is also the father of Will Rogers, who later gained fame of his own right.   

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR:  In 1802, a band of Osage Indians settled on a 25 acre mound along the Verdigris River. The mound became known as Clermont, French for "clear mountain." Glahmo, the Osage chief, became known as Chief Clermont, and Claremore was named in his honor.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1916 in a former Athletic Association building, and 1937 & 2013 structures. 

STANDING:  One - 2013 modern structure. 
ADDRESS: 200 S Lynn Riggs Blvd, Claremore, Oklahoma

 

Rogers County Courthouse
Claremore, Oklahoma
 
Completed - 1937 / Demolished - 2013
 Architect - Blumenaur & Associates
Photos: Robert Deering 4/22/2006
Additions were made to three sides of this building and the interior was extensively altered during a 1980's remodeling project.
 
1937 Courthouse
Before Modifications