Wells County Courthouse is a historic

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located at Bluffton,

Wells County, Indiana Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 28,180. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Bluffton. Wells County is included in the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistic ...

. It was designed by architect

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and built in 1889. It is a two-story,

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style

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building topped by a high hipped roof. It has a gable roofed wing and features a four-level corner

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and corner turret. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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County courthouses in Indiana Clock towers in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1889 Buildings and structures in Wells County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Wells County, Indiana {{WellsCountyIN-NRHP-stub