County formed 1814 by General Assembly of Indiana Territory. Commissioners selected county seat and named it Salem. This third courthouse completed 1888 using locally quarried limestone. Designed in Richardsonian Romanesque Style by Harry P. McDonald, Louisville. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1980.
Salem Downtown Historic District
Town platted 1814; historic district area includes original plat. Continues as geographical, governmental, business, and social center of county. Nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings-in Italianate, Gothic, and Classical styles-surround public square. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1997.
HM Number | HMVEF |
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Series | This marker is part of the Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers series |
Tags | |
Marker Number | 88.1998.1 |
Year Placed | 1998 |
Placed By | Indiana Historical Bureau and Washington County Community Foundation |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 2:52am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 578292 N 4273438 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.60600000, -86.10081667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 36.36', W 86° 6.049' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 36' 21.60" N, 86° 6' 2.94" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 812 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1 Westside Rd, Salem IN 47167, US |
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