Kokomo City Building is a historic

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located at Kokomo, Indiana. It was designed by the architecture firm of

Wing & Mahurin Wing & Mahurin was an architectural firm of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its principal partners were John F. Wing (1852-1947) and Marshall S. Mahurin (1857-1939), who were partners until 1907. Together with Guy M. Mahurin (1877-1941) they worked also as ...

and built about 1893. It is a two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick and

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building on a raised basement. It features rounded corner towers topped by conical roofs and a central stone arch entrance. In the rear (Southwest corner) of the building is the former

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used until 1979. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1981.

References

Kokomo, Indiana City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1893 Buildings and structures in Howard County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Indiana {{HowardCountyIN-NRHP-stub