Whitley County Courthouse (Indiana)
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The Whitley County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located at Van Buren and Main Streets in Columbia City, Indiana, the seat of Whitley County. It was constructed in 1888, and is a three-story, cruciform plan, French Renaissance style Indiana limestone building designed by Brentwood S. Tolan. It has a slate roof and galvanized iron central dome.[1]
The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1979.[2]
Architecture
A variety of prominent art works stand out on the Courthouse. Heads in Relief is a collection of limestone animal and figurative heads that are carved in a relief above the courthouse doors. Sculpted by Giere, the center features the image of a woman, possibly Liberty (22 x 16 x 18) wearing an elaborate headdress. To her proper right is a goose-like bird with its beak open and to the proper left is a wolf-like animal also with an open mouth. These pieces were examined as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993 and their condition was described as "undetermined."[3]
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- County courthouses in Indiana
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Indiana
- Government buildings completed in 1888
- Clock towers in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Whitley County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Whitley County, Indiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana