- City:
- Shelbyville, IN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
"The new courthouse at Shelbyville was erected on a public square in the center of the town on the site of an old pre-Civil War building.
It is a two-story and basement structure with a partial third floor which houses jury rooms and a few offices. In the basement are record offices and record-storage vaults, a community social room with a stage, and various accessory rooms. The first floor contains the commissioner's court and offices for the county treasurer, auditor, assessor, and recorder. On the second floor are the courtrooms and offices for the county clerk and county surveyor.
The construction is fireproof throughout, of steel and reinforced concrete with exterior masonry walls faced with limestone. A considerably amount of carved-stone ornament is used.
The building was completed in April 1937 at a construction cost of $238,868 and a project cost of $253,584."
Source notes
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $253,584.00 |
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