Photos of Indiana's Historic Courthouses, along with some others
A version of this post originally appeared here on March 12, 2018. Quick- jot this down! “It must be free from dampness, which would destroy the precious records of the county, on which so much of the ‘peace and quiet’ of our community depends. It must, of course, be fire proof and sufficiently commodious for […]
Read More Henry County- New Castle (1869-)In times of political polarization and calculated discord like these, it’s nice to remember a simpler era when parties could occasionally join forces for the common good. In what was called a “rare display of public unity1,” Democratic and Republican commissioners of St. Joseph County came together to approve plans for a new satellite courthouse […]
Read More St. Joseph County- Mishawaka (1980-)The Starke County Courthouse in rural Knox has a tantalizing pedigree. Its architects, John F. Wing and Marshall Mahurin of Fort Wayne were responsible for a ton of landmarks around Indiana, including the Hancock and Monroe county courthouses along with the replacement tower of the Adams County courthouse. They also did city halls in Fort […]
Read More Starke County- Knox (1897-)I’m a person who likes things to fall into a categorizable order. Maybe that’s why when I started this project, I expected to end with one representative photo of each county’s courthouse, winding up with 92 in all. Of course, it didn’t turn out that way- I finished at 114. It turns out that some […]
Read More Whitley County- Columbia City (1841-1850)A version of this post appeared in September, 2019. Over the past year, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was in the national news more than any other Indiana mayor in the past fifty years aside from maybe Dick Lugar. That means South Bend, the city that bestowed Pete’s title, has been too. On national TV, South Bend […]
Read More St. Joseph County- South Bend (1967-69, 2015-)