Greenfield Courthouse Square Historic District is a national

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located at

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Hancock County, Indiana Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 79,840. The county seat is Greenfield. Hancock County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical ...

, United States. The district encompasses 72 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the

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of Greenfield that developed between about 1835 and 1935. The focal point of the district is the Romanesque Revival style Hancock County Courthouse (1896–1897) and Second Empire style

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. Other notable buildings are the Riley School (Greenfield High School, 1895), A.J. Banks Building / Morgan Building (1869), Randall Block (c. 1890), Christian Church (1895), Bradley Methodist Church (1902), First Presbyterian Church (1906–1907), Carnegie Library (1908–1909), Andrew Jackson Banks House (c. 1832, 1894–1895), D.H. Goble House (c. 1900), and Walpole House (c. 1835). ''Note:'' This includes
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and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1985.

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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 Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Second Empire architecture in Indiana Historic districts in Hancock County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Indiana {{HancockCountyIN-NRHP-stub