Wells County Courthouse (Indiana)


Wells County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wells County Courthouse, April 2001
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Location	100 W. Market St., Bluffton, Indiana
Coordinates	40°44′22″N 85°10′19″W / 40.73944°N 85.17194°W / 40.73944; -85.17194Coordinates: 40°44′22″N 85°10′19″W / 40.73944°N 85.17194°W / 40.73944; -85.17194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1889 (1889)
Architect	Bunting, George W.; Boeseker, Christian
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	79000028^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 15, 1979

Wells County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana. It was designed by noted architect George W. Bunting and built in 1889. It is a two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building topped by a high hipped roof. It has a gable roofed wing and features a four-level corner clock tower and corner turret.^[2]^:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs

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