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===Courthouse=== The first courthouse was a temporary log structure that was built for $25; a more permanent stone structure was completed in 1819 at a cost of $3,950.{{#tag:ref|A $3,950 capital expense in 1816 would be roughly equivalent to $2,000,000 in 2010.<ref name="WM">Williamson, Samuel H. (April 2010). ''Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present''. [http://www.measuringworth.com MeasuringWorth]. Calculations made using Nominal GDP Per Capita, a measure of capital intensivity, using "the 'average' per-person output of the economy in the prices of the current year." This is a measure of the amount of capital and volume of labor required to reproduce the work over varying production methods, but assuming that money represents a proportion of the economy.</ref>|group="n"}} <ref>Goodspeed 1884, pp. 421β3.</ref> In 1847, plans were made for a larger courthouse, which was completed in 1850 at a cost of $14,000.{{#tag:ref|A $14,000 capital expense in 1850 would be roughly equivalent to $6,000,000 in 2010.<ref name=WM/>|group="n"}} This building is the second oldest courthouse in the state that has been continuously used since its construction. Like the oldest in [[Ohio County, Indiana|Ohio County]], it is a [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] building with two stories and a Doric portico supported by fluted columns; it has ornamental iron stairs and a clock tower. In 1970, the clock tower was damaged by fire.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Counts |first=Will |title=The 92 Magnificent Indiana Courthouses |last2=Jon Dilts |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-253-33638-5 |location=Bloomington IN |page=124}}</ref> On August 6, 2023 the clock tower was damaged by an EF-1 tornado.
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