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Former Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Residence

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Built
  
1891 (1891)

NRHP Reference #
  
70000009

Area
  
400 m²

Architectural style
  
Bastille

Opened
  
1891

Added to NRHP
  
6 October 1970

Former Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Residence

Location
  
4th St. between Vine and Court Sts., Evansville, Indiana

Similar
  
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Former Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Residence is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1891, and is a 2 1/2-story, rusticated limestone building modeled after Schloss Lichtenstein. It features a central round tower or "keep", stepped gables, crenellated roofline, and turrets.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

Former Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Residence Wikipedia