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Cannelton Courthouse IN555

Picture Courtesy of Jimmy Emerson

Perry County's boundaries had changed by 1859. The county offices and courthouse were then moved into a remodelled house in Cannelton to provide a more centrally located county seat. In 1896 this Renaissance Revival building was built to serve as the county offices and courthouse. The building designed by John Bacon Hutchings, a Louisville architect is constructed of straw colored brick with Bedford limestone trim on a locally quarried sandstone foundation. It has been said that the building's symmetry proves the old proverb: "beauty if it's own excuse for being". It served as the county seat until 1994, when the county offices and courthouse were moved into a modern, more accesible building.

Perry County CVB, 2005

Old Cannelton Courthouse Perry County Indiana


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