Monroe County Courthouse (Bloomington, Indiana)

USA / Indiana / Bloomington / Bloomington, Indiana / West Kirkwood Avenue, 100
 courthouse, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, local government, 1908_construction, Beaux-Arts (architecture)
The Centerpiece of town, famously sporting a fish on the top of the dome. One of the most frequently asked question is "Why does Monroe County have a fish on top of the courthouse?" The answer is probably because Austin Seward, a Bloomington blacksmith, wanted to put it there. Mr. Seward made the weather vane for the 1827 courthouse which was replaced by the existing building in 1906. Mr. Seward was a Presbyterian church elder and probably chose the fish because of its Christian symbolism. Also, fish were common on weathervanes in the eastern and southern part of the country.

www.co.monroe.in.us/courthouse.html
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_County_Courthouse_(Indiana)
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Coordinates:   39°10'1"N   86°32'3"W
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