Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The Vermillion County Courthouse, located at 255 S. Main St. in Newport, is the seat of government of Vermillion County, Indiana.”
Wikipedia article Vermillion County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Vermillion County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Vermillion Township in Biographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana : Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each; a Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and Its Villages, published 1888 names Newport. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Mr. Dillow came some time prior to 1810, from Virginia. Abel Sexton, still one of the most prominent citizens of Newport, was born in New York in 1820, and settled in tliis county in 1813. (See sketch.) Other prominent citizens of Vermillion Township, who either settled here or were born here in pioneer times, are Alvah Arrasmith, living; Tiionias G. Arrasmith, wagon-maker at Newport, now in Terre Haute; Samuel and G. W. Clark, living; David Fry, living; James Kaufman, who now lives in Dana; Leonard Sanders, deceased; his sons, Samuel, Daniel and William, are living; John Rice, who died in 1880, at the age of seventy years; his son, William Z., is sketched in the biographical department of this work: Daniel E. Jones, who became a wealthy citizen of Chicago and died there; Major John Gardner, IFenry Betson, etc.
The above are the initials of one of tlie most prominent citizens of Vermillion County; namely, Oliver P. Davis, and have also become the name of the 1,300 acre farm which he owns tliree to four miles below Newport, and of the railroad station at that point, when it is generally spelled Opedee.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Vermillion Township - 8,680 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vermillion County Courthouse: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cayuga Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Newport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $10,000 | Trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts at residence. A few larger branches downed on vehicles. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Newport | $10,000 | Flash flooding occurred across northern portions of Vermillion County, especially by the Vermillion River. Sandbags were handed out and a campground was evacuated. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $8,000 | A covered bridge sustained damage due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $5,000 | Trees were down and blocking a road in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,500 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Newport | $1,000 | Extensive lowland flooding occurred along the Wabash River near Hillsdale, Indiana. The river crested 12.1 feet above flood stage on May 18th at a reading of 26.1 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Newport | $1,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding began on December 22nd and continued into January. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Newport | - | Flooding of bottomlands occurred along the Wabash River near Hillsdale, Indiana. The river crested twice, both of which were in May. Again, flooding continued into May. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Newport | - | Fairly extensive flooding of lowland and some higher bottomlands occurred along the Wabash River near Hillsdale, Indiana. The river crested at 21 feet on April 10th, 7 feet above flood stage. The river remained above flood stage until April 26th. These readings were obtained at the Montezuma river gauge at nearby Montezuma, Indiana of Parke County. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Newport | - | Flooding of bottomlands occurred along the Wabash River near Hillsdale, Indiana. This was a continuation of flooding from April. The river crested twice, both of which were in May. The primary crest was at 19.73 feet on May 3rd and the secondary crest at 16.1 feet on May 9th. Flood stage is 14 feet at the Montezuma, Indiana river gauge. Crop damage is grossly estimated. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Trees were knocked down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A tree was downed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Newport Covered Bridge | 1.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | 1.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Possom Bottom Covered Bridge | 6.5 miles | 1994 |
 | Eugene Covered Bridge | 6.7 miles | 1994 |
| Elder-Pyle House | 7.2 miles | 2021 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001283 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Vermillion County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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