Sullivan County Courthouse is a historic

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located at

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Sullivan County, Indiana Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the US Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1940. As of 2023, the population was estimated at 20,757. The county seat (and the county's only ...

. It was built between 1926 and 1928, and is a three-story, nearly square, steel frame and

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, Beaux-Arts style building faced in

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. All four faces are nearly identical and feature a traditional

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composite

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. The central of each facade has a rounded arch parapet with clock. The building is nearly identical to the

Vermillion County Courthouse The Vermillion County Courthouse, located at 255 S. Main St. in Newport, Indiana, Newport, is the seat of government of Vermillion County, Indiana, Vermillion County, Indiana. The courthouse was built from 1923 to 1925 to replace the previous cou ...

. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 2008.

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County courthouses in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1928 Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, Indiana {{SullivanCountyIN-NRHP-stub