Bartholomew County Courthouse

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Bartholomew County Courthouse

| nrhp_type = cp

|nocat = yes

| partof = Columbus Historic District

| partof_refnum = 82000059

| image = Bartholomew County Courthouse.jpeg

| caption =

| location = 3rd and Washington Sts., Columbus, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|39|12|4|N|85|55|17|W|display=inline,title}}

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| built = {{Start date|1871}}-1874

| architect = Hodgson, Issac

| architecture = Second Empire

| added = November 15, 1979

| area = {{convert|1.5|acre}}

| refnum = 79000031{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

File:Bartholomew County Courthouse - Columbus, IN 2.jpg

Bartholomew County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indiana architect Isaac Hodgson, built in 1871–1874 at the cost of $250,000, and dedicated in 1874.Tamara Stone Iorio, Columbus, Indiana: In Vintage Postcards (Arcadia: 2005), p. 20. Construction was by McCormack and Sweeny. The building was hailed as "the finest in the West" upon its completion.

It is a three-story, Second Empire-style red-brick building trimmed in limestone. It features a mansard roof, corner pavilions, Corinthian-order portico, and a six-level clock tower.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2015-07-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/198c2/N/Bartholomew_CO_Courthouse_Nom.pdf | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bartholomew County Courthouse | accessdate = 2015-07-01|author1=Cheryl L. Griffith |author2=Craig Leonard |author3=Cynthia Lynch |name-list-style=amp | format = PDF| date= October 1978}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|2–3}} The clock tower is 154 feet tall. A six-inch thick, 10-ten clock bell was installed in 1875. The clock's weighted mechanism were replaced with an electric motor in 1940 and a 900-pound weight fell.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1979. It is located in the Columbus Historic District.