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The LaPorte County Courthouse is a historic
county courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...
in
La Porte, Indiana La Porte (French for "The Door") is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, India ...
, the county seat of LaPorte County. It was designed by Brentwood S. Tolan and built from 1892-1894. It is
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesqu ...
in style and was built with Lake Superior Red Sandstone. The building includes a tower with skylight, gargoyles and contains
stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
. It is 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 v ...
. The courthouse is part of the
Downtown LaPorte Historic District Downtown LaPorte Historic District is a national historic district located at LaPorte, LaPorte County, Indiana. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings in the central business district of LaPorte. It developed between about 1860 ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in LaPorte County, Indiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in LaPorte County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in LaPorte County, Indi ...
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List of Indiana state historical markers in LaPorte County __NOTOC__ This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in LaPorte County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in LaPorte County, Indiana, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States by the ...


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{{Commons category County courthouses in Indiana Buildings and structures in LaPorte County, Indiana Historic district contributing properties in Indiana 1892 establishments in Indiana National Register of Historic Places in LaPorte County, Indiana