Miami County Courthouse | |
Location: | Public Square, Peru, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 40.7544°N -86.0689°W |
Built: | -1910 |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Marker: | building |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map showing the location of Miami County Courthouse |
Architect: | Lehman & Schmitt; McCormack, P.H. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | March 19, 2008 |
Refnum: | 08000194 |
Miami County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a three-story, steel frame, concrete-and-brick building sheathed in a veneer of Bedford limestone. It features a projecting portico with freestanding two-story Tuscan order columns in the Classical Revival. The building has a flat roof topped by a squat four-sided square dome. The property includes an additional 33 contributing objects, such as a bell with stand, "Lady Liberty" statue (commonly known by many as "Statue of liberty"), retaining wall, 12 architectural lamps, and 6 street lamps.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.