The Tipton County Courthouse is a historic

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit. A courthouse is home to one or more courtrooms, ...

located at

Tipton Tipton is an industrial town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It had a population of 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham and southeas ...

, Tipton County, Indiana. The courthouse is Tipton's third and was completed in 1894. The courthouse is an example of

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

style architecture and was designed by Adolph Scherrer who also designed the 1888 Indiana State Capitol and Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home.Plaque in front of courthouse Sherrer took over the architectural design work for the Indiana Statehouse project from Edwin May who died in 1880. Five years after the completion of the capitol building project in 1888, Scherrer began work on the Tipton County Courthouse building. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It is built of sandstone in a Romanesque Revival style with a

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that rises 206 feet above the ground. It is topped by a flagstaff. The building was constructed by Pierce and Morgan of Indianapolis during 1893 and 1894 at a cost of $170,988. It is one of several Romanesque courthouses dating from the 1890s that are still in use. It was added to the

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on March 1, 1984.

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County courthouses in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1894 Buildings and structures in Tipton County, Indiana 1894 establishments in Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Tipton County, Indiana Clock towers in Indiana {{TiptonCountyIN-NRHP-stub

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