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    Elkhart County Jail

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    Cass County Courthouse - Cass County Government Center.

    Cass County Courthouse

    3.0(1 review)
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    If you need a divorce or to pay your property taxes, this is the right place. If your looking for…read morehistoric architecture, then you're in the wrong place. The Cass County Courthouse is the second courthouse to serve the County. Technically called The Cass County Government Center located at 200 Court Park, the Center is a large complex housing the courts, jail, other County departments and Purdue Extension office. The modern structure was designed by architect Richard Byers in 1979 and was completed in 1981 at the cost of $3,042,973. The building was renovated and updated in 2001. The building feels very institutional, but functional. There is no history of Cass County government in the building with the exception of pictures of Judges that served the county. I talked to several staff members and deputies to gain some insights about Cass County history, but was met by blank stares. So I trucked over to the Library and Historical Society to learn more. The first courthouse was designed by Joseph Willis and started by Abram Graffis, but finished by by Job Eldridge, Thomas Cummings and Isaac Clary in 1844. This structure, which stood on the same grounds as today's Center, was remodeled by John Medford and John Barnes in 1888, adding a new front with wings. The Victorian building served the County for an astounding 135 years. But the ancient walls and inadequate plumbing became an ultimate challenge for the modern legal world, so the new structure was built. The original bell from the 1844 building is displayed near the employee parking lot, which I could not enter. So bottom line, the current County Center is modern and functional but lacks County history or grand focal point of other Indiana courthouses.

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    Waiting room - looks like a hospital.

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