Jay County Courthouse


Jay County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Jay County Courthouse, January 2012
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Location	U.S. 27, Portland, Indiana
Coordinates	40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861Coordinates: 40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1915 (1915)
Architect	Hulsken, Peter & McLaughlin, Thomas
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	81000016^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 12, 1981

Jay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Portland, Jay County, Indiana. It was built between 1915 and 1919, and is a three-story, Renaissance Revival style limestone building with a low roof behind a parapet. It is five bays by eleven bays with a rusticated exterior base and smooth upper floors and paired Ionic order engaged columns.^[2]^:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1] It is located in the Portland Commercial Historic District.

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 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Debra Beetem (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jay County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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