Area less than one acre Architectural style Second Empire Opened 1882 | Built 1882 (1882) NRHP Reference # 88003039 Added to NRHP 4 January 1989 | |
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Location 232 S. Main St., Crown Point, Indiana | ||
Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, also known as the Sheriff's House, is a historic jail and residence located at 232 South Main Street in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Second Empire style brick building. It has a three-story projecting tower and a mansard roof. It features a one-story, flat roofed porch with Tuscan order columns added about 1890. The building remained in use as a residence until 1958 and as a jail until 1974. The building is maintained and open to the public by the Old Sheriff's House Foundation.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989. It is part of the Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District.
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