Elkhart County Courthouse Explained

Elkhart County Courthouse
Location:Courthouse Sq., Goshen, Indiana
Coordinates:41.5872°N -85.8356°W
Built:-1870, 1905
Architect:Barrows & Company; Patton & Miller
Architecture:Renaissance, Italian Villa
Added:April 10, 1980
Refnum:80000034

Elkhart County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. It was originally built in 1868–1870, and renovated between 1905 and 1908 in the Renaissance Revival style. It is a three-story, brick building with a clay tile dome tower. It features a portico with four freestanding Doric order columns, with stylized triglyphs, set on a rusticated podium.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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. 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Elkhart County Courthouse. 2015-10-01. John Robert Plennert. PDF. June 1979. and Accompanying photographs.