Benton County Courthouse (Indiana)
- Benton County Courthouse (Indiana)
Benton County Courthouse is a building in Benton County, Indiana that was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/11841.htm]
The U.S. National Register is a nation-wide listing of properties and districts that are assessed to be of national importance by dint of various considerations. Some places listed are due to their association with persons or events. Others are due to their architectural importance. And there are other categories.
The Benton County Courthouse served Benton County, Indiana as its primary courthouse for many years. There is a historic postcard image of this historic courthouse at [http://www.in.gov/judiciary/benton/ this website] , a website of the Indiana judiciary.
There was a previous Benton County Courthouse that was built in 1855 but was torn down in 1873.
History
Benton county was formed in 1840. After a long struggle, the capital was moved to Fowler in 1874.
The current Benton County courthouse, located in Fowler, was designed by Gordon P. Randall of Chicago and built in 1874 by Levi L. Leach at a cost of $62,257. The new courthouse was an impressive building from an architectural standpoint, but also provided much-needed improvements in security, including large fire-proof vaults. Randall had designed the Marshall County courthouse a few years earlier. [cite book
last = Counts
first = Will
coauthors = Jon Dilts
title = The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses
publisher = Indiana University Press
date = 1991
location = Bloomington, Indiana
isbn = 978-0253336385
pages = pp. 14-15]
Benton County Courthouses in other states
There is another Benton County Courthouse in Vinton, Iowa. And there is another Benton County Courthouse or two in Bentonville, Arkansas. And there is one in the state of Oregon. And another one in the state of Washington.
ee also
*Benton County Courthouse
References
ources
* [http://www.in.gov/dnr/files/hp_bentoncountycourthouse.pdf its NR application]
External links
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