Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District Explained

Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District
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Location:Courthouse Square and adjacent blocks along Union and Market Sts., Liberty, Indiana
Coordinates:39.6356°N -84.93°W
Architecture:Italianate, Romanesque, Neoclassical, Art Deco
Added:December 31, 2013
Refnum:13001018[1]

Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Liberty, Union County, Indiana. The district encompasses 20 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Liberty and centered on the separately listed Union County Courthouse. It developed between about 1854 and 1938 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Neoclassical, and Art Deco style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the O'Toole Building (1936), Masonic Hall (c. 1860), Odd Fellows Building (c. 1854), Liberty Opera House (c. 1878), and Liberty Post Office (1937-1938).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-01-10. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/30/13 through 1/03/14 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District. 2016-07-01. Kelly Lally Malloy. PDF. January 2013., Site map, Quad map, and Accompanying photographs