Photos of Indiana's Historic Courthouses, along with some others
I’ve been busy lately with the start of a new semester and other new responsibilities, but I’ve allotted enough spare time here and there to briefly keep up with the news. The notorious Hoosier bank robber John Dillinger has been making the rounds there lately, eighty-five years after his bloody demise at the hands of […]
Read More Lake County- Crown Point (1880-1971)People have a tendency to assign human traits and characteristics to animals and inanimate objects. Installing eyelashes on the headlights of a new Beetle or angry eyes on a Jeep is a perfect example of this behavior, known as anthropomorphizing. Sometimes it’s a fun, harmless activity. Other times, not so much- no matter how cute […]
Read More LaPorte County- LaPorte (1894-)It’s easy to lament our state’s historic courthouses that have been lost to natural disasters, deferred maintenance, and the increasing needs of growing communities. Through old postcards, I’ve seen just about all of Indiana’s 20th century courthouse casualties, and though I haven’t gotten close to teary over their destruction, I’ve certainly decried it in some […]
Read More Clinton County- Frankfort (1882-)You’ve got to be a real Indiana courthouse freak to make it down to Mt. Vernon in Posey County. At 249 miles away from my house via I-69, it’s the farthest courthouse from me in the state by a wide margin. It probably is for most people, actually, sitting about as close to the Arkansas […]
Read More Posey County- Mt. Vernon (1876-)