Monroe County Courthouse - Bloomington, IN
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N 39° 10.008 W 086° 32.052
16S E 540239 N 4335390
Courthouse Square, south entrance, Bloomington. (Monroe County, Indiana)
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau and Monroe County Government
Waymark Code: WMVYX7
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2017
Views: 5
Side one:
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and Bloomington selected as county seat 1818. One-story, two-room log cabin built 1818 as first courthouse and school. Second courthouse, built here 1819-1826, was two stories, brick with stone foundation; expanded 1856-1857, 1875; demolished 1906 for construction of new courthouse.
Side two:
Present courthouse completed 1908; designed by Wing and Mahurin of Fort Wayne in Beaux Arts style; built of locally quarried limestone. Features original fish-shaped weather vane from 1826 courthouse, carved classical figures, Ionic and Egyptian columns, stained glass; completely restored 1983-1984. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1976."
County: Monroe
Year Placed: 2001
Name: Monroe County Courthouse
ID#: 53.2001.1
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