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Miami County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Miami County Courthouse, October 2005
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Location	Public Square, Peru, Indiana
Coordinates	40°45′16″N 86°4′8″W / 40.75444°N 86.06889°W / 40.75444; -86.06889
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)-1910
Architect	Lehman & Schmitt; McCormack, P.H.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	08000194
Added to NRHP	March 19, 2008

Miami County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a three-story, steel frame, concrete-and-brick building sheathed in a veneer of Bedford limestone. It features a projecting portico with freestanding two-story Tuscan order columns in the Classical Revival. The building has a flat roof topped by a squat four-sided square dome. The property includes an additional 33 contributing objects, such as a bell with stand, "Lady Liberty" statue (commonly known by many as "Statue of liberty"), retaining wall, 12 architectural lamps, and 6 street lamps.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miami County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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