Morgan County Courthouse (Indiana)

Morgan County Courthouse

Morgan County Courthouse, December 2011
Location Courthouse Sq., Martinsville, Indiana
Coordinates 39°25′39″N 86°25′41″W / 39.42750°N 86.42806°W / 39.42750; -86.42806Coordinates: 39°25′39″N 86°25′41″W / 39.42750°N 86.42806°W / 39.42750; -86.42806
Area less than one acre
Built 1857 (1857)-1859, 1956, 1975-1976
Built by Blankenship, Perry
Architect Hodgson, Isaac
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP Reference # 95001531[1]
Added to NRHP January 11, 1996

Morgan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. It was built between 1857 and 1859, and is a 2 1/2-story, Italianate style brick and stone building. It has a cruciform plan and features a five-level free-standing campanile. Additions were made in 1956 and 1975-1976. Associated with the courthouse is the original annex or Sheriff's House. It is a two-story, five bay by two-bay, I-house.[2]:5, 9

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1] It is located in the Martinsville 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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (January 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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