Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 725.1509772
EAN num: 9781564690029
ISBN number: 1564690024
Label: Rosebud Pr
Manufacturer: Rosebud Pr
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: 1991-06
Publishing house: Rosebud Pr
Sale Popularity Level: 2574928
Studio: Rosebud Pr
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During the last quarter of the 19th century, architects designed new courthouses all over Indiana and a flurry of construction began. About 60 of Indiana's 92 courthouses were built during this time. The years between 1900 and 1930 produced 23 more. By the 1970s, most of the county governments in Indiana were operating out of antiquated, crowded buildings, with a handful choosing to tear down their old structures and rebuild with new materials of glass and steel. While some counties were intent on building larger facilities, most counties were determined to maintain and restore the magnificence of the courthouses of old. This beautiful book is about the local government of Indiana. It is about the places were county commissioners, judges, and auditors work. It is about the places where people pay their taxes, record the births of their children, and record the deaths of their parents. But most of all it is about Indiana's magnificent collection of 19th-century and early-20th-century courthouses, their architects, and their history. It is a story in words and photographs of Indiana's 92 County 'seats.'
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Great book for judges, lawyers, anyone from Indiana, arhitects, photographers, artists, or anyone just interested in beautiful buildings.
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Using the focus of Indiana's 92 county courthouses, Will Counts takes his award-winning photographic style into the halls of justice to reveal the beauty and majesty or the buildings. More than just another coffee table book, you will also learn something about each building and get a glimpse of life in the counties--both urban and rural.
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