Blackford County Courthouse

Hartford City, United States

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The Blackford County Courthouse in Hartford City, Indiana, is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure completed in 1894 during the Indiana Gas Boom. Designed by Marion-based architects Arthur LaBelle and Burt L. French, it replaced a courthouse deemed inadequate by local judges and erected on the same downtown square site. The building's defining feature is a large corner tower, the tallest structure in the commercial district, which has made it the county's most recognizable landmark. Though its interior has been remodeled over time, the exterior retains its original appearance and continues to house local government more than a century after construction. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and designated as a contributing property to the Hartford City Courthouse Square Historic District in 2006, anchoring a district whose surrounding buildings preserve their period facades.