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Rush County
Named for: Doctor Benjamin Rush - Signer of Declaration of Independence
Organized: 1822
County Seat: Rushville
Number of Courthouses: 3

Number	Years	Type	Detail
1	1826-1848	Coffee Mill	Builder: Reynold Cory - fall 1823. 40x40. $2500. Occupied September 1826 but not completed until November
2	1848-1896	Stylized	Arch. & Builder John Elder. 50x80 - March 1846 - Completed March 1848. $12,000. Vaults were built into each office but some were removed to recover space.
3	1898-Present	Castle	Arch: A.W. & E.A. Rush, including jail remodeling $257,385.38. Builder: P.H. McCormick & Co. 3/5/1895 - bid $157,143. Supt. A.L. Stewart. Ordered 12/2/1895. Accepted: 2/2/1898

Early Courts were held in the residences of Stephen Sims, Robert Thompson, and others.

John Elder designed and built the 1848 Courthouse. Elder designed Courthouses in Bartholomew, Clinton, Fayette, Johnson, and Rush Counties.

A.W. & E.A. Rush designed three center tower Romanesque Courthouses in Indiana in the 1890's in Fulton, Pulaski, and Rush Counties. Rush cost ~ $250,000, Fulton ~ $150,000, and Pulaski ~ $50,000.

Much of the roof level ornate structure of the 1898 Courthouse has been removed. A 1921 publication photo is missing the windows.

There exists contradictory documentation as to whether Rush County and Rushville are named for the same person.