Charlestown, Indiana town square photograph c1970

Description:	A photograph of the Charlestown, Indiana town square. The view is looking north. The water tower was torn down around 1976. It appears the picture was taken of the gazebo as it’s construction was near an end. There is an historic marker for the first Clark County Courthouse which stood at this spot. The sign reads: Clark County Courthouse 1811-1878 Charlestown served as the Clark County seat from 1811 to 1878. During that time, famous men including Jonathan Jennings, Indiana’s first governor, General Henry Dodge of Black Hawk War fame, William Otto, Assistant Secretary of the Interior under Abraham Lincoln, argued law in the Charlestown Circuit Courts. In 1878 when the county seat was removed to Jeffersonville, the old court house became the Charlestown Public School serving children in grades one through twelve. In 1917 it was replaced with Jonathan Jennings School of its site.
Origin:	1970
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll17/id/28597
Collection:	Clark County Collections
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Geography:	Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana 38.44355,-85.663618
Subjects:	Charlestown (Ind.) Town square (Charlestown, Ind.) Water towers Historic markers Gazebos

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