Adams County Courthouse (Indiana)
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Construction
The construction was done by Christian Boseker of Fort Wayne. It is built of red brick with stone ornamentation.[2]
The building and three associated objects was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2008.[3][4] Included in the NRHP listing are:
- Peace Monument, a limestone statue of a female figure
- Elephant Rock, a memorial to author Gene Stratton-Porter, consisting of a gneiss glacial boulder with a bronze plaque
- Pioneer Memorial, a bronze plaque and stand, from 1936
Featured property
It is the 12th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July, 2008.[4][5]
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References
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- ↑ Williamson, Samuel H. (April 2010). Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present. MeasuringWorth. Calculations made using Nominal GDP Per Capita, a measure of capital intensivity, using "the 'average' per-person output of the economy in the prices of the current year." This is a measure of the amount of capital and volume of labor required to reproduce the work over varying production methods, but assuming that money represents a proportion of the economy.
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- ↑ Elizabeth Gallow and Beth Sullebarger (March 12, 2008) National Register of Historic Places Registration: Adams County, Indiana, Courthouse, National Park Service (62 pages including maps, plans, and 24 color photos, exterior and interior)
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External links
- Photographs of the Adams County Courthouse from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- County courthouses in Indiana
- Government buildings completed in 1873
- Second Empire architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Adams County, Indiana
- Clock towers in Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Indiana
- 1873 establishments in Indiana