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{{Short description|American architect}}
'''James W. Drum''' (died May 5, 1886, in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5XW-N9MM |website=FamilySearch |accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref>) was an American architect practicing from [[Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania]] who designed the main building, now [[John Sutton Hall]], of the Indiana Normal School, now [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]], in [[Indiana, Pennsylvania]]. He also designed several county courthouses: the second [[Old Indiana County Courthouse|Indiana County Courthouse]], in what he termed the "Modern Renaissance" style,<ref>Oliver P. Williams, ''County Courthouses of Pennsylvania'' (Stackpole) 2001:109f, illus. p. 110.</ref> and the [[Jefferson County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson County]] Courthouse in [[Brookville, Pennsylvania|Brookville]], both in 1869,<ref>Williams 2001:111-13; Drum was elected County Surveyor in 1869 and 1873 (William James McKnight, ''Jefferson County, Pennsylvania'' (1917:226).</ref>
His St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church is also in [[Indiana, Pennsylvania]], where Drum designed the Wilson, Sutton & Company Store on Philadelphia Street, and the First Methodist Episcopal Church at the comer of South Seventh Street and Church Street.<ref>[http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Indiana_County/Indiana_Borough.html Indiana Borough, Indiana County, Pennsylvania ]</ref>

Sutton Hall, the Courthouse and the former St. Bernard's Church are all on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

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James W. Drum - Revision history

imported>Iridescent 2: /* top */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: May 5, 1886 → May 5, 1886,