Hamilton County Courthouse Square Explained

Hamilton County Courthouse Square
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Bounded by Logan, 8th, 9th, and Conner Sts., Noblesville, Indiana
Coordinates:40.0458°N -86.0142°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for Hamilton County Courthouse Square
Built:1875-1876, 1877-1879
Architect:Parsons, W.R.; May, Edwin
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:May 10, 1978
Area:1.8acres
Partof:Noblesville Commercial Historic District
Partof Refnum:91001862
Designated Nrhp Type:December 19, 1991
Refnum:78000033

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The buildings are also included as contributing buildings in the Noblesville Commercial Historic District, which was NRHP-listed in 1991.

This Noblesville, Indiana courtroom is where Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson was tried and convicted of murder on Nov 14, 1925.[2]

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. 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Noblesville Commercial Historic District. 2016-04-01. Kenton Craig Ward. January 1976. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. Web site: Linder . Douglas . 2023 . The D. C. Stephenson Trial: An Account .