Miami County Courthouse (Indiana) Explained

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.

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. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miami County Courthouse. 2016-05-01. Joanne Raetz Stuttgen. PDF. June 2007. and Accompanying photographs.