Scott County Courthouse

Scott County was formed by the Indiana General Assembly in 1820. Its first county seat was at Lexington, where the first courthouse was built in 1821. Between 1822 and 1870, several attempts to move the county seat to a more central location created animosity among citizens. Scottsburg was designated the second county seat, and its plat was recorded in 1871. The second county courthouse was built there in 1873-1874. Designed in the Italianate style by Andrew R. Baty in 1871, the courthouse did not have its cornerstone laid until 1873 because an injunction stopped county seat relocation proceedings. The structure was renovated in 1979, and an addition in 1997 tripled the courthouse space, with the 1874 courthouse remaining as the west wing.

Scottsburg, Indiana · United States