Sullivan 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 Sullivan,

Sullivan County, Indiana Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the US Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1940. As of 2010, the population was 21,475. The county seat (and the county's only incorporated c ...

. It was built between 1926 and 1928, and is a three-story, nearly square, steel frame and

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, Beaux-Arts style building faced in

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. All four faces are nearly identical and feature a traditional

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composite

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. The central of each facade has a rounded arch parapet with clock. The building is nearly identical to the

Vermillion County Courthouse The Vermillion County Courthouse, located at 255 S. Main St. in Newport, is the seat of government of Vermillion County, Indiana. The courthouse was built from 1923 to 1925 to replace the previous courthouse, which burned down in 1923. Architect ...

. ''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 Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1928 Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, Indiana {{SullivanCountyIN-NRHP-stub