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Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Epperson, Richard

Added to NRHP
  
12 March 1999

Built
  
1868 (1868), 1896

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Romanesque

Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence

Location
  
220 E. Market St., Newport, Indiana

Architect
  
Leach, C.B.; Gaddis, John W.

Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic combined jail and sheriff's residence located at Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana. The Sheriff's Residence was built in 1868, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling. It rests on a raised limestone foundation and has a steep hipped roof. It features round and segmental arched window openings and a full-width front porch. Attached to it is a two-story, vernacular Romanesque Revival style jail block of rusticated limestone. The jail block was designed by noted architect John W. Gaddis and added in 1896.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence Wikipedia