Jay County Courthouse

Jay County Courthouse

Jay County Courthouse, January 2012
Location U.S. 27, Portland, Indiana
Coordinates 40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861Coordinates: 40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1915 (1915)
Architect Hulsken, Peter & McLaughlin, Thomas
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference # 81000016[1]
Added to NRHP May 12, 1981

Jay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Portland, Jay County, Indiana. It was built between 1915 and 1919, and is a three-story, Renaissance Revival style limestone building with a low roof behind a parapet. It is five bays by eleven bays with a rusticated exterior base and smooth upper floors and paired Ionic order engaged columns.[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] It is located in the Portland Commercial Historic District.

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 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Debra Beetem (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jay County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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