Boone County Courthouse (Indiana)

Boone County Courthouse
Boone County Courthouse, April 2008
Location Courthouse Sq., Lebanon, Indiana
Coordinates 40°2′52″N 86°28′7″W / 40.04778°N 86.46861°W / 40.04778; -86.46861Coordinates: 40°2′52″N 86°28′7″W / 40.04778°N 86.46861°W / 40.04778; -86.46861
Area less than one acre
Built 1909 (1909)-1911
Architect Hutton, J.T.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 86002703[1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 1986

Boone County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. It was built between 1909 and 1911, and is a three-story, rectangular Classical Revival building constructed of granite and Bedford limestone. It features an art glass dome surmounted by a clock tower and pedimented porticoes supported by four Ionic order columns.[2]:2–3 The columns, measuring 35 feet 3 inches (10.74 m) tall, were at the time at their construction among the tallest solid columns in the U.S.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Jane Brandenberg (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Boone County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ↑ "History of Boone County". Boone County. Retrieved 24 March 2018.


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