Boone County Courthouse (Indiana) Explained

Boone County Courthouse
Location:Courthouse Sq., Lebanon, Indiana
Coordinates:40.0478°N -86.4686°W
Built:-1911
Architect:Hutton, J.T.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 22, 1986
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:86002703

Boone County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. It was built between 1909 and 1911, and is a three-story, rectangular Classical Revival building constructed of granite and Bedford limestone. It features an art glass dome surmounted by a clock tower and pedimented porticoes supported by four Ionic order columns.[1] The columns, measuring 35feet tall, were at the time at their construction among the tallest solid columns in the U.S.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Boone County Courthouse. 2015-07-01. Jane Brandenberg . PDF. March 1986. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. Web site: History of Boone County . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324233043/http://boonecounty.in.gov/County-Information/History . dead . 24 March 2018 . Boone County . 24 March 2018.