Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail


Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, June 2012
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Location	232 S. Main St., Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates	41°24′57″N 87°21′51″W / 41.41583°N 87.36417°W / 41.41583; -87.36417Coordinates: 41°24′57″N 87°21′51″W / 41.41583°N 87.36417°W / 41.41583; -87.36417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1882 (1882)
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	88003039^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1989

Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, also known as the Sheriff's House, is a historic jail and residence located at 232 South Main Street in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Second Empire style brick building. It has a three-story projecting tower and a mansard roof. It features a one-story, flat roofed porch with Tuscan order columns added about 1890. The building remained in use as a residence until 1958 and as a jail until 1974.^[2]^:2 The building is maintained and open to the public by the Old Sheriff's House Foundation.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989.^[1] It is part of the Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes John Heidbreder (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

External links

Old Sheriff's House Foundation website

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana

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