Thursday, October 11, 2007

Switzerland County, Indiana

Kind of a pretty area of Indiana along the Ohio River. Here's some video as I entered the county seat of Vevay.

They restored the county courthouse quite nicely--much better condition than several other county courthouses in that part of Indiana and Kentucky that I stopped to photograph.


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A very Midwestern looking water tower in Vevay:


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Here's the main drag of town:


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Like a lot of counties, they had to add onto the original courthouse--but unlike a lot of counties, they worked pretty hard to make the addition match.


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And here's the plaque thanking the businessman who made all the restoration and economic vitality of the county possible:


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Interesting plaque--but I'm asking some experts if this is just local legend or reality:


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Of course, it's not a county courthouse without an artillery piece in front!


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