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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