Kokomo Courthouse Square Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Indiana, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Kokomo Courthouse Square Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Kokomo-indiana-courthouse.jpg

| caption = Howard County Courthouse, October 2005

| location = Bounded by Taylor St. on the N., Market St. on the E., Superior St. on the S., Washington St. on the W., Kokomo, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|29|13|N|86|07|55|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1886}}

| architect = Cook, Oscar F.

| architecture = Italianate, Queen Anne

| added = December 22, 2008

| area = {{convert|39|acre}}

| refnum = 08001209{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Kokomo Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. The district includes 60 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Kokomo. It developed between about 1870 and 1937 and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Draper Block (1904), Wilson Block (c. 1895), College Building (1909), Howard County Courthouse (1937), and a Railroad Watchman Tower (c. 1940).{{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 = 2016-04-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/26e8d/N/Kokomo_Courthouse_Square_HD_Howard_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kokomo Courthouse Square Historic District| accessdate = 2016-04-01| author=John P. Warner| format = PDF| date=n.d.}} and Accompanying photographs.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.