Hamilton County Courthouse (Indiana)

Hamilton County Courthouse Square

Hamilton County Courthouse, July 2005
Location Bounded by Logan, 8th, 9th, and Conner Sts., Noblesville, Indiana
Coordinates 40°2′45″N 86°00′51″W / 40.04583°N 86.01417°W / 40.04583; -86.01417Coordinates: 40°2′45″N 86°00′51″W / 40.04583°N 86.01417°W / 40.04583; -86.01417
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1875 (1875)-1876, 1877-1879
Architect Parsons, W.R.; May, Edwin
Architectural style Second Empire
NRHP Reference # 78000033[1]
Added to NRHP May 10, 1978

Hamilton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse and jail located at Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. The jail was built in 1875-1876, and is a Second Empire style brick and limestone building. It consists of the two-story, ell-shaped jailer's residence, with a cellblock attached at the rear. It features a three-story square tower that once had a mansard roof. The courthouse was built between 1877 and 1879, and is a three-story, Second Empire style, rectangular brick building. It has a clock tower atop the mansard roof and limestone Corinthian order pilasters.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] The buildings are located in the Noblesville Commercial Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Kenton Craig Ward (January 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Noblesville Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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