Hamilton County Courthouse Square

Hamilton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse and jail located at Noblesville, 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.^[2]

Hamilton County Courthouse

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
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[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1978
Designated CP	December 19, 1991

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1] 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.^[3]