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Hamilton County Courthouse Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Hamilton County Courthouse, July 2005
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Location	Bounded by Logan, 8th, 9th, and Conner Sts., Noblesville, Indiana
Coordinates	40°2′45″N 86°00′51″W / 40.04583°N 86.01417°W / 40.04583; -86.01417
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1875-1876, 1877-1879
Architect	Parsons, W.R.; May, Edwin
Architectural style	Second Empire
Part of	Noblesville Commercial Historic District (ID91001862)
NRHP reference No.	78000033
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1978
Designated CP	December 19, 1991

Hamilton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse and jail located at Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. The jail was built in 1875–1876, and is a Second Empire style brick and limestone building. It consists of the two-story, ell-shaped jailer's residence, with a cellblock attached at the rear. It features a three-story square tower that once had a mansard roof. The courthouse was built between 1877 and 1879, and is a three-story, Second Empire style, rectangular brick building. It has a clock tower atop the mansard roof and limestone Corinthian order pilasters.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The buildings are also included as contributing buildings in the Noblesville Commercial Historic District, which was NRHP-listed in 1991.

This Noblesville, Indiana courtroom is where Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson was tried and convicted of murder on Nov 14, 1925.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Kenton Craig Ward (January 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Noblesville Commercial Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
3. Linder, Douglas (2023). "The D. C. Stephenson Trial: An Account".

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