Jay County Courthouse Explained

Jay County Courthouse
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:U.S. 27, Portland, Indiana
Coordinates:40.4336°N -84.9786°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for Jay County Courthouse
Architect:Hulsken, Peter & McLaughlin, Thomas
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
Added:May 12, 1981
Refnum:81000016

Jay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Portland, Jay County, Indiana. It was built between 1915 and 1919, and is a three-story, Renaissance Revival style limestone building with a low roof behind a parapet. It is five bays by eleven bays with a rusticated exterior base and smooth upper floors and paired Ionic order engaged columns.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located in the Portland Commercial Historic District.

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 Form: Jay County Courthouse. 2016-04-01. Debra Beetem. PDF. April 1980. and Accompanying photographs.