Johnson County Courthouse Square

Johnson County Courthouse Square

Johnson County Courthouse, September 2010
Location Courthouse Sq., Franklin, Indiana
Coordinates 39°28′48″N 86°3′18″W / 39.48000°N 86.05500°W / 39.48000; -86.05500Coordinates: 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 # 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 Franklin (Clinton County) and Anderson (Madison County).[2]:2

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Todd R. Mozingo (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Johnson County Courthouse Square" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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