Union County Courthouse (Indiana)

Union County Courthouse

Union County Courthouse, November 2012
Location Courthouse Sq., Liberty, Indiana
Coordinates 39°38′5″N 84°55′50″W / 39.63472°N 84.93056°W / 39.63472; -84.93056Coordinates: 39°38′5″N 84°55′50″W / 39.63472°N 84.93056°W / 39.63472; -84.93056
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1890 (1890)-1891
Architect Bunting, G.W. & Son
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 87000103[1]
Added to NRHP July 21, 1987

Union County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Liberty, Union County, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indianapolis architect George W. Bunting and built in 1890-1891. It is a two-story, rectangular, Richardsonian Romanesque style rock faced ashlar stone building on a raised basement. It has a hipped roof and features an arched entrance and four-story clock tower.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] It is located in the Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District.

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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Mary H. Heron (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Union County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
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