Johnson County Courthouse Square

United States historic place


Johnson County Courthouse Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Johnson County Courthouse, September 2010
39°28′48″N 86°3′18″W / 39.48000°N 86.05500°W / 39.48000; -86.05500
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1879 (1879)-1881
Architect	Bunting, George W.
Architectural style	Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.	81000017^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1981

Johnson County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse and town square located in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. The courthouse was built between 1879 and 1881, and is a two-story, red brick building with elements of Second Empire, Neo-Jacobean, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. It has a low hipped metal roof topped by a central tower and with smaller corner towers topped with pyramidal roofs. It was designed by George W. Bunting, who also designed courthouses at Frankfort (Clinton County) and Anderson (Madison County).^[2]^: 2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Todd R. Mozingo (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johnson County Courthouse Square" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-229, "Johnson County Courthouse, 5 East Jefferson Street, Franklin, Johnson County, IN", 13 measured drawings, 3 data pages