Wayne County Courthouse

Indiana, United States

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The Wayne County Courthouse, located in Richmond, Indiana, is a Richardsonian Romanesque edifice completed between 1890 and 1893. Designed by Cincinnati architect James W. McLaughlin with construction supervised by William S. Kaufman of New Castle, the U-shaped structure measures approximately 214 by 128 feet and is built of brick faced with Indiana limestone. Its distinctive features include a projecting entrance pavilion, high pitched hipped and gable roofs, large semicircular arches, and an octagonal corner tower. Architectural historians have identified influences from Henry Hobson Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, evident in both the exterior design and interior layout. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the courthouse sits on the northern boundary of the Old Richmond Historic District.