Whitley County Courthouse (Indiana)

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Whitley County Courthouse
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LocationVan Buren and Main Sts., Columbia City, Indiana
Coordinates 41°9′23″N85°29′21″W / 41.15639°N 85.48917°W / 41.15639; -85.48917 Coordinates: 41°9′23″N85°29′21″W / 41.15639°N 85.48917°W / 41.15639; -85.48917
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectTolan, Brentwood S.
Architectural styleRenaissance, French Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 79000029 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1979

The Whitley County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located at Van Buren and Main Streets in Columbia City, Indiana, the seat of Whitley County. It was constructed in 1888, and is a three-story, cruciform plan, French Renaissance style Indiana limestone building designed by Brentwood S. Tolan. It has a slate roof and galvanized iron central dome. [2]

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The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1979. [1]

Architecture

A variety of prominent art works stand out on the Courthouse. Heads in Relief is a collection of limestone animal and figurative heads that are carved in a relief above the courthouse doors. Sculpted by Giere, the center features the image of a woman, possibly Liberty (22 x 16 x 18) wearing an elaborate headdress. To her proper right is a goose-like bird with its beak open and to the proper left is a wolf-like animal also with an open mouth. These pieces were examined as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993 and their condition was described as "undetermined." [3]

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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 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Bernice Carver (December 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whitley County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. an Accompanying photographs
  3. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Heads in Relief, Whitley County Courthouse, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 December 2010.