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The LaPorte County Courthouse is a historic
county 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, ...
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La Porte, Indiana La Porte () is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana metropolitan stat ...
, the county seat of LaPorte County. Previous courthouses were built on this site on 1833, and the second 1847-1848. The current courthouse was designed by Brentwood S. Tolan and built from 1892 to 1894. It is
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...
in style and was built with Lake Superior Red Sandstone. The building includes a tower with skylight, gargoyles and contains
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. It is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. The courthouse is part of the Downtown LaPorte Historic District. There is a historical marker that was erected in 2001 by the Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc..


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National Register of Historic Places listings in LaPorte County, Indiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in LaPorte County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in LaPorte County, In ...
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List of Indiana state historical markers in LaPorte County __NOTOC__ This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in LaPorte County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in LaPorte County, Indiana, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States by the ...


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LaPorte County Courthouse Marker
County courthouses in Indiana Buildings and structures in LaPorte County, Indiana Historic district contributing properties in Indiana 1892 establishments in Indiana National Register of Historic Places in LaPorte County, Indiana Clock towers in Indiana