Henry County Courthouse, New Castle, Indiana

The Court House was built between 1865–1869 at a cost of $120,000. An annex was added in 1905 at a cost of $44,000.

When it was built the commissioners wanted a fireproof courthouse. They did not want to see the courthouse burn again as it had in 1865. Architect Isaac Hodgson provided them with what they wanted, but with a mansard roof and a 110-foot clock tower. The mansard roof was unusual for a midwestern public building in the 1860s. It became popular later, but the Henry County Court House was probably the earliest example of the style for public buildings in the midwest.