Indiana's Historic Courthouses: Re-Investing in Community Treasures
Indiana Courthouse Preservation Advisory Commission and Ratio Architects, Inc.. 2011. Indiana's Historic Courthouses: Re-Investing in Community Treasures. Indiana Courthouse Preservation Advisory Commission; Indiana Landmarks; Indiana Department of Natural Resources
From executive summary: "In 2008, the Indiana General Assembly adopted Public Law 85-2008, creating the Courthouse Preservation Advisory Commission. The Commission was charged over its four-year life with providing information, advice, and recommendations to county officials on the rehabilitation and preservation of the State’s 83 historic courthouses in county use and with making a report to the General Assembly in 2011 with findings and recommendations on the following topics: 1. Make an assessment concerning the importance of preserving historic courthouses to the history and identity of county seats and counties. 2. Make an assessment of the importance of preserving historic courthouses to the economic revitalization of county seats and counties. 3. Study the condition of historic courthouses. 4. Investigate the need for rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance of historic courthouses. 5. Study the needs of county officials in planning for the successful restoration, rehabilitation, and maintenance of historic courthouses. 6. Provide county officials with information concerning funding sources for courthouse preservation projects. Project funding was provided in part by a 2010 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Indiana State Historic Preservation Office (project number IN-10-PC06, grant number 18-10-21921) administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Indiana Courthouse Preservation Advisory Commission; Ratio Architects, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2011-08
- Publisher
- Indiana Courthouse Preservation Advisory Commission; Indiana Landmarks; Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (Architectural Type); Economic Impact Studies