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LaPorte County Courthouse

Coordinates: 41°36′40″N 86°43′20″W / 41.611184°N 86.722173°W / 41.611184; -86.722173
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41°36′40″N 86°43′20″W / 41.611184°N 86.722173°W / 41.611184; -86.722173

LaPorte County Courthouse
LaPorte County Courthouse is located in Indiana
LaPorte County Courthouse
LocationLaPorte, Indiana
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1892 (1892)
ArchitectBrentwood S. Tolan
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
Part ofDowntown LaPorte Historic District (ID83000039[1])
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983

The LaPorte County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse in La Porte, Indiana, the county seat of LaPorte County. Previous courthouses were built on this site on 1833, and the second 1847-1848. The current courthouse was designed by Brentwood S. Tolan and built from 1892 to 1894. It is Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in style and was built with Lake Superior Red Sandstone. The building includes a tower with skylight, gargoyles and contains stained glass.[2][3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The courthouse is part of the Downtown LaPorte Historic District.

There is a historical marker that was erected in 2001 by the Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc..[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "LaPorte County Courthouse". December 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b IHB (December 7, 2020). "LaPorte County Courthouse". IHB. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
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