. The advantages and surroundings of New Albany, Ind., Floyd county : manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests ... Public buildings and officials, schools, churches, societies, canals, rivers, railroads, etc., etc . mmissioners brought suit against the bondsmen for the $9,000, and as stepswere being taken to remove the county seat, the New Albanians opened a subscrip-tion to build a court house. The total raised was $3,256 00, which was thought tobe enough to secure a fair sized court house. This building was occupied in Novem-ber, 1824, but Seth Woodruff, who had subscribed $100 f
. The advantages and surroundings of New Albany, Ind., Floyd county : manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests ... Public buildings and officials, schools, churches, societies, canals, rivers, railroads, etc., etc . mmissioners brought suit against the bondsmen for the $9,000, and as stepswere being taken to remove the county seat, the New Albanians opened a subscrip-tion to build a court house. The total raised was $3,256 00, which was thought tobe enough to secure a fair sized court house. This building was occupied in Novem-ber, 1824, but Seth Woodruff, who had subscribed $100 for a cupola and bell failedto complete his part of the agreement until 1827, the upper rooms having been com-pleted the same year at a cost of $100 additional. The cost of that structure whichwas used for more than forty years as the seat of county justice was less than $3,000. The present court house was erected 1835-7, of iimestone from the Bedford quaries,and cost when completed $127,700. It is of Corinthian style, and equal to any county 18 DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH court house to be found in Indiana. The cornerstone was laid July 11, 60, with Ma-sonic ceremonies. The building- is 64x100, 40 feet in height, and fire U. S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING. The above handsome structure was commenced in 1886, and completed in Bicknel), while in Congress asked for $100,000, with which to erect a building,but the Act was not passed until 1884, under Congressman S. M. Stockslager, May86. Capt. J. S. Neal, of Indianapolis, was appointed Superintendent of construction,Ben. F. Welker clerk, and J. B. Mitchell disbursing agent. Excavation commencedin June, and Anderson Brothers, of Findlay, Ohio, completed the foundation in carpenter work by John Mitchell, of Louisville, Ky., was completed in June, 88,and the finishing by Shover & Christian, in Nov. 88. Heating apparatus was put inabout the same time by J. F. Dalton. The approaches were made by Crumbo &Melcher, and alley and sodd
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