The Pike County Courthouse is a historic

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 ...

located at 801 Main St. in

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Pike County, Indiana Pike County is a county in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 12,845. The county seat is Petersburg. It contains the geographic point representing median center of US popu ...

. It was designed by architects Elmer E. Dunlap and of Jasper N. Good and built in 1922. It is a three-story, Neoclassical style, nearly square, concrete and buff brick building with slightly projecting pavilions on three sides. It measures 114 feet by 109 feet. Also on the property are five contributing objects: a GAR memorial, veterans' memorial, and three metal street lamps. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2008.

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County courthouses in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1922 Buildings and structures in Pike County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Indiana {{PikeCountyIN-NRHP-stub