Whitley County Courthouse (Indiana)

Whitley County Courthouse
Location Columbia City, Indiana
Coordinates 41°9′23″N 85°29′21″W / 41.15639°N 85.48917°W / 41.15639; -85.48917Coordinates: 41°9′23″N 85°29′21″W / 41.15639°N 85.48917°W / 41.15639; -85.48917
Built 1888
Architect Brentwood S. Tolan
Architectural style Renaissance, Other
NRHP Reference #

79000029

[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1979

The Whitley County Courthouse is an historic building located at Van Buren and Main Streets in Columbia City, Indiana, the seat of Whitley County. It was constructed in 1888.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1979.

Architecture

A variety of prominent art works stand out on the Courthouse. Heads in Relief is a collection of limestone animal and figurative heads that are carved in a relief above the courthouse doors. Sculpted by Giere, the center features the image of a woman, possibly Liberty (22 x 16 x 18) wearing an elaborate headdress. To her proper right is a goose-like bird with its beak open and to the proper left is a wolf-like animal also with an open mouth. These pieces were examined as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993 and their condition was described as "undetermined."[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Heads in Relief, Whitley County Courthouse, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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