Built: 1897-1902 Cost: $817,553.59 Designed by: Brentwood S. Tolan Renovated: 1905-2002 at a cost of US$8,600,000.00 Type: Government Building Maximum Height: 225 feet / 69 meters Maximum width: 270 feet / 82 meters Maximum length: 134 feet / 41 meters Fort Wayne, United States
Building Rating 90% of readers like the Allen County Courthouse.
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T his is actually the fourth courthouse to be built in Fort Wayne.
Additional information from Kathryn Wilkens:
>Cornerstone laid 17 November, 1897.
>Dedicated 23 September, 1902.
>Made from Blue Bedford stone and Vermont Granite.
>The interior includes Italian marble staircases, balustrades, and wall panels, 15,000 square feet of marezzo scagliola, a rotunda open to all three floors, featuring murals by Charles Holloway, encaustic floor tiles and mosaic tiles on stair landings, stained glass in the rotunda dome, over the grand staircase, in the courtroom skylights, and lunettes around the rotunda, five courtrooms, each with its own color scheme.
Matthew
Monday, October 4th, 2010 @ 10:52pm
Rating: Five stars. This year has been spent having the exterior of the building cleaned up... it really looks fantastic! Like new!
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Matthew
Five stars.