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Rensselaer Courthouse Square Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
12000185

Year built
  
1868

Area
  
15 ha

Added to NRHP
  
10 April 2012

Rensselaer Courthouse Square Historic District

Location
  
Roughly between Cullen and Front Sts. along W. Washington St., Rensselaer, Indiana

Architect
  
Grindle & Weatherhogg; Thompson, Simon; Coen, A. Wasson

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Romanesque, Classical Revival

Rensselaer Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. It encompasses 37 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in the central business district of Rensselaer. The district developed between about 1868 and 1955, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco, and Modern style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Jasper County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Mobil Service Station (1955), Murray Building (1906), A. Leopold Building (1881), First National Bank Building (1917), IOOF Lodge (1895), Eigelsbach Building (1899), Eger Grocery (c. 1930), and Worden Building (1928).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Rensselaer Courthouse Square Historic District Wikipedia


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