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Winchester Courthouse Square Historic District

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Architect
  
Johnson, J.C.; et.al.

Area
  
6 ha

Added to NRHP
  
9 August 2001

NRHP Reference #
  
01000405

Year built
  
1875

Winchester Courthouse Square Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by North St., and the alleys located to the E of Main St., Winchester, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Romanesque, et.al.

Winchester Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana. The district encompasses 52 contributing buildings and 10 contributing structures in the central business district of Winchester. The district developed between about 1875 and 1950 and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Randolph County Courthouse (1875), U.S. Post Office (1932), I.O.O.F. Hall (c. 1875), Winchester Community Library (1906), Masonic Lodge (c. 1925), Randolph Hotel (c. 1910), David Building (1927), and W.E. Miller Department Store (1883). Notable structures include the "Spirit of the Doughboy" monument (1928), Lamp of Freedom (c. 1950), Soldiers and Sailors monument (1892), and Laredo Taft Marker (c. 1936).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

Winchester Courthouse Square Historic District Wikipedia