Wells County Courthouse (Indiana)

Wells County Courthouse

Wells County Courthouse, April 2001
Location 100 W. Market St., Bluffton, Indiana
Coordinates 40°44′22″N 85°10′19″W / 40.73944°N 85.17194°W / 40.73944; -85.17194Coordinates: 40°44′22″N 85°10′19″W / 40.73944°N 85.17194°W / 40.73944; -85.17194
Area less than one acre
Built 1889 (1889)
Architect Bunting, George W.; Boeseker, Christian
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 79000028[1]
Added to NRHP January 15, 1979

Wells County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana. It was designed by noted architect George W. Bunting and built in 1889. It is a two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building topped by a high hipped roof. It has a gable roofed wing and features a four-level corner clock tower and corner turret.[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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