Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail

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Location232 S. Main St., Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates 41°24′57″N87°21′51″W / 41.41583°N 87.36417°W / 41.41583; -87.36417
Arealess than one acre
Built1882 (1882)
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No. 88003039 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1989

Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, also known as the Sheriff's House, is a historic jail and residence located at 226 South Main Street in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Second Empire style brick building. It has a three-story projecting tower and a mansard roof. It features a one-story, flat roofed porch with Tuscan order columns added about 1890. The building remained in use as a residence until 1958 and as a jail until 1974. [2] :2 The building is maintained and open to the public by the Old Sheriff's House Foundation.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989. [1] It is part of the Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes John Heidbreder (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.