Courthouse Square Historic District (Greencastle, Indiana)
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Courthouse Square Historic District, also known as Courthouse Square District, is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. In 1984, the historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes seventy-six different contributing properties. Since the first years after Greencastle was platted in the early nineteenth century, the land included in the district has been the center of commerce and government for the area. At its center is the Putnam County Courthouse: the current courthouse, built in 1905, is the fourth building to occupy the site.Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory.
Putnam County Interim Report
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, 1982-04, 59.
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Other historic buildings include the Old National Bank building at 1 N Indiana Street.


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County courthouses in Indiana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Victorian architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Putnam County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Putnam County, Indiana {{PutnamCountyIN-NRHP-stub