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Monroe County
Named for: James Monroe - Fifth President
Organized: 1818
County Seat: Bloomington
Number of Courthouses: 4
| Number | Years | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1818-1826 | Log | Double building with 20x20 and 20x12 sections ten feet apart. <$400. Builder: Samuel Elliot - Occupied August 1818 |
| 2 | 1826-1908 | Coffee Mill | Plan: William Low - 45x40 - contracted June 1819, $8,300. Builder: John Ketchum bid $7965 (never paid in full). Occupied May 1826. |
| 3 | 1850 -1908 | Stylized | Major wing addition in 1856-8 to CH #2. Builder: John F. Rogers, $7,000 |
| 4 | 1908-Present | Castle | Arch: Mahurin & Mahurin, $250,000. Builder Drake & Caldwell. Superintendent Herman Vergin, $188,000. Ordered 3/6/1906. Completed 6/1/1908 Dedicated 7/4/1908 |
Courts met at the house of Abner Blair before the first courthouse was built.
The present courthouse is topped by a weathervane consisting of an upside down fish.
The Civil War Monument was dedicated in 1928.