The Elkhart County, Indiana Courthouse (1871/1905-)

Read time: 5 min.

Indiana’s historic courthouses have always been calling cards for travelers. Often reaching unprecedented heights, they stood as testaments to a county’s ambition and vision! Believe it or not, Elkhart County once featured a courthouse too tall for its county seat. In 1905, it was altered to better fit the community. That version still stands, and one of Indiana’s finest.

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The LaGrange County Courthouse in Indiana (1878-)

Read time: 6 min.

I was neurotic when I started my courthouse project- I’m shy, and I was afraid of being confronted by someone who saw me as suspicious. I’d read horror stories about real photographers escorted away from government buildings by apprehensive local officials. It took about three years, but it finally happened in LaGrange, Indiana during my second trip there. Sort of.

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