Rush County Courthouse (Indiana) Explained

Rush County Courthouse
Location:Courthouse Sq., Rushville, Indiana
Coordinates:39.6078°N -85.4442°W
Architecture:Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Added:October 10, 1975
Refnum:75000048

Rush County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was designed by the architectural firm of A. W. Rush & Sons of Grand Rapids, Michigan,[1] and was built in 1896, and is a -story, steel frame building sheathed in rock faced stone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The irregularly shaped building has four towers at each end of the building with pyramidal roofs. It features a 196-foot tall clock tower with a pyramidal roof and conical turrets.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. News: Court House Bids. 6 March 1896. Rushville Republican (Rushville, Indiana).
  2. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rush County Courthouse. 2016-06-01. Paul W. Barada. July 1975. and Accompanying photographs.