The Pawnee County Courthouse is a three-story

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brick building that is still functioning as a courthouse. Four

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panels on either side of the entrance on the south side depict scenes of Native Americans and pioneers, while the lintel depicts an eagle, a cow's skull, an owl, an open book and two rattlesnakes (numbers 3 and 4 below). The west end has a lintel like the one on the south side. The north side of the courthouse as another four panels, two of Native Americans and two of pioneers. Across the top of the building are heads of Native Americans. and It is one of two courthouses in Oklahoma that attempt to meld Native American and pioneer scenes (the other being the

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Bas-Relief Detail

File:Pawnee-Courthouse2.jpg, Bas-relief panel File:Pawnee Courthouse Lintel.jpg, Lintel File:Pawnee-Courthouse5.jpg, Bas relief

References

Buildings and structures in Pawnee County, Oklahoma Pawnee, Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Pawnee County, Oklahoma Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub