Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond

Name: Wayne County Courthouse
Address: 301 E Main St, Richmond, 47374-4253, United States
Telephone: +1 765-973-9200

#6 among attractions in Richmond

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The Wayne County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built during the period 1890–93, and is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was designed by Cincinnati, Ohio, architect James W. McLaughlin and the construction was supervised by New Castle, Indiana, architect William S. Kaufman. The "U"-shaped building measures approximately 214 feet by 128 feet, and is constructed of brick faced with Indiana Limestone. It features a projecting entrance pavilion, high pitched hipped and gable roofs, large semicircular arches, and octagonal corner tower. Architectural historians Michael Tomlan and Mary Raddant-Tomlan have suggested that the Wayne County Courthouse was influenced both in terms of exterior design and elements of interior layout by Henry Hobson Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ()

Built: 1893 (131 years ago)Coordinates: 39°49'42"N, 84°53'50"W

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301 E Main StRichmond 47374-4253 United States

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+1 765-973-9200

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Wayne County Courthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College Observatory, Depot District Market, Old Richmond Historic District.

0.4 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond
11 min walk • The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding.
0.9 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Earlham College Observatory, Richmond
24 min walk • Earlham College Observatory is a historic observatory building located on the campus of Earlham College at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, brick building with a hipped roof.
0.6 miNE
39°50'5"N • 84°53'22"W
Depot District Market, Richmond
16 min walk • Market, Cafe
0.5 miSE
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond
13 min walk • The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
0.5 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond
14 min walk • Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church is an architecturally significant building located at 11th and North "A" Streets in Richmond, Indiana. Designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural partnership of Sidney Badgley and William H. Nicklas the building was begun in 1904 and dedicated on May 13, 1906.
~1980 ftE
Museum
Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond
10 min walk • The Indiana Football Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in Richmond, Indiana. It honors persons associated with high school, college and professional American football in Indiana.
0.9 miW
39°49'26"N • 84°54'45"W
Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond
23 min walk • History museum, Museum
~1150 ftSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond
6 min walk • Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
0.5 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Murray Theater, Richmond
12 min walk • Murray Theater, also known as the Richmond Civic Theater-Norbert Silbiger Theater, is a historic theatre building located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1909, and is a three-story, steel frame and brick building with Chicago School and Beaux-Arts style design influences.
0.5 miNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond
12 min walk • Andrew F. Scott House is a historic home located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, cubic, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof topped by a cupola and kitchen wing. It features a projecting pedimented central entrance bay flanked by one-story verandahs with decorated posts.
0.7 miNE
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Starr Historic District, Richmond
19 min walk • The Starr Historic District is a neighborhood of historic buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 102 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Richmond.

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Nearby attractions include Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond (5 min walk), Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond (6 min walk), Richmond Downtown Historic District, Richmond (8 min walk), Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond (10 min walk).