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Pike County
Named for: Zebulon Pike - American Explorer early 1780's - Fought at Tippecanoe
Organized: 1817
County Seat: Petersburg
Number of Courthouses: 4
| Number | Years | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1818-1830 | Log | Builder: Thomas C. Stewart - 32x24 2-story - not on square. $599.75 |
| 2 | 1836-1868 | Coffee Mill | Builder: George H. Proffit & Charles F. White - 36x36 2-story |
| 3 | 1868-1921 | Stylized | Builder: Robert & William Hawthorn, August 1866 - bid $23,280. $33,264.89. Received October 1868 - Destroyed by fire with loss of records |
| 4 | 1922-Present | Castle | Arch: Elmer Dunlap. Yellow brick. Cornerstone 4/6/1921. Builder: Jasper N. Good, $236,000 |
Architectural fees were paid for the 1868 courthouse, but to who has yet to be identified.
The 1922 courthouse was designed by Elmer Dunlap who designed Courthouses in Carroll, Pike, and Spencer Counties as well as the Rebuilds in Franklin and Jackson Counties.
The town of Winslow stymied construction of the 1922 Courthouse in the vague hope of somehow wresting away the County seat.
The date of the fire in the 1868 courthouse is unclear and seems to overlap with the construction of the 1922 courthouse, so there is some question as to the dates and locations of these courthouses.
The 1922 courthouse contains a Pike County War Memorial and the lawn contains a Revolutionary War Memorial.