Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic District

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Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic District
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Hancock County Courthouse, August 2004
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LocationRoughly bounded by North, Hinchman, South and Pennsylvania Sts., Greenfield, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′51″N85°47′51″W / 39.78083°N 85.79750°W / 39.78083; -85.79750
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
ArchitectFelt, John H.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 85000455 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1985

Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, United States. The district encompasses 72 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Greenfield that developed between about 1835 and 1935. The focal point of the district is the Romanesque Revival style Hancock County Courthouse (1896–1897) and Second Empire style jail. Other notable buildings are the Riley School (Greenfield High School, 1895), A.J. Banks Building / Morgan Building (1869), Randall Block (c. 1890), Christian Church (1895), Bradley Methodist Church (1902), First Presbyterian Church (1906–1907), Carnegie Library (1908–1909), Andrew Jackson Banks House (c. 1832, 1894–1895), D.H. Goble House (c. 1900), and Walpole House (c. 1835). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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Greenfield High School, also known as Riley Elementary School, was a historic school building located at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. It was designed by the architectural firm of Wing & Mahurin and built in 1895–1896. It was a 2+12-story, "U"-shaped, Romanesque Revival style stone-faced building with a 5+12-story central tower. It was destroyed by fire on April 30, 1985.

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 April 1, 2016.Note: This includes Susan R. Slade (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016., map, and Accompanying photographs.