Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Marion County Courthouse

Work Record ID: 
5718
Reproduction Record ID: 
5718
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
county courthouse
Title: 
Marion County Courthouse
Title Type: 
preferred
Creator: 
Gibbs, David W., active late 19th century
Creator Dates: 
1870-1900
Creator Type: 
personal
Creator Role: 
architect
Date: 
1884-1886
Date Type: 
creation
Location: 
Marion (Ohio)
Location Type: 
site
Location: 
Marion (Ohio)
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
National Register of Historic Places
Subject: 
arches
Subject: 
columns (architectural elements)
Subject: 
cornices
Subject: 
pediments
Subject: 
balustrades
Subject: 
clock towers
Subject: 
Marion (Ohio)
Description: 
This courthouse is almost identical to the one that stands in Fayette County. Ten sandstone faces are carved into the exterior walls, representing the races of man, pioneer spirit and the ages of man, including one that resembles William Shakespeare.
Information Source: 
Thrane, Susan W. County Courthouses of Ohio. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2000.
Reproduction Creator: 
Deshon, Robert A., 1915-2007
Reproduction View: 
Front facade
Reproduction View Type: 
exterior view
Reproduction Information Source: 
Ohio Historical Society
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
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