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Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Pearce & Morgan

NRHP Reference #
  
84001667

Built
  
1894 (1894)-1895

Architect
  
Scherrer, Adolph

Added to NRHP
  
17 May 1984

Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home

Location
  
203 S. West St., Tipton, Indiana

Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home is a historic combined jail and sheriff's residence located at Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana. It was designed by Adolph Scherrer who also designed the 1888 Indiana State Capitol and Tipton County Courthouse and built in 1894-1895. It is constructed of red brick with stone trim and consists of a 2 1/2-story residence and two-story jail section. The residence has a hip on gable roof, the jail a hipped roof, and there is a three-story tower located between the two sections.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

References

Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home Wikipedia