Miami County Courthouse

Public Square, Peru, Indiana. County/parish: Miami.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 19, 2008. NRIS 08000194.

1 contributing building. 33 contributing objects.

Also known as:

  • 103-507-31109

From Wikipedia:

Miami County Courthouse (Indiana)

Miami County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a three-story, steel frame, concrete-and-brick building sheathed in a veneer of Bedford limestone. It features a projecting portico with freestanding two-story Tuscan order columns in the Classical Revival. The building has a flat roof topped by a squat four-sided square dome. The property includes an additional 33 contributing objects, such as a bell with stand, "Lady Liberty" statue (commonly known by many as "Statue of liberty"), retaining wall, 12 architectural lamps, and 6 street lamps.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004168

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