ID 45, Murphy, Idaho. County/parish: Owyhee.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1982. NRIS 82000357.
Part of Tourtellotte and Hummel Architecture TR (NRIS 64000170).
1 contributing building.
The Owyhee County Courthouse in Murphy, Idaho, is a 1-story Art Deco building designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in 1936. The brick building features a prominent entry with fluted pilasters on either side of a square arch, with foliated sunburst panels that frame an entablature of floral, triangular, and wavelet designs. A panel above the entry reads, "Owyhee County Courthouse." The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84248631