Jay County Courthouse

United States historic place


Jay County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Jay County Courthouse, January 2012
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 No.	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

^ ^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 April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Debra Beetem (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jay County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.