Jay County Courthouse

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LocationU.S. 27, Portland, Indiana
Coordinates40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
Jay County Courthouse
Jay County Courthouse, January 2012
Jay County Courthouse is located in Indiana
Jay County Courthouse
Jay County Courthouse is located in the United States
Jay County Courthouse
Interactive map showing the location for Jay County Courthouse
LocationU.S. 27, Portland, Indiana
Coordinates40°26′1″N 84°58′43″W / 40.43361°N 84.97861°W / 40.43361; -84.97861
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
ArchitectHulsken, Peter & McLaughlin, Thomas
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, 2nd Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.81000016[1]
Added to NRHPMay 12, 1981

Jay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Portland, Indiana. It was built between 1915 and 1919, and is a three-story, Renaissance Revival style limestone building with a low roof behind a parapet. It is five bays by eleven bays with a rusticated exterior base and smooth upper floors and paired Ionic order engaged columns.[2]:2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] It is located in the Portland Commercial Historic District.

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