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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Sullivan County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Sullivan Courthouse Square Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Section, Wall, State & Harris Sts., Sullivan, 47882
- When was it listed? September 2018
- Category. district
- Township. Hamilton township
- National Register reference number. 100002867 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Storms near this property
54 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 32 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 10 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $30,000 | Numerous cars were helped out of high water on various low spots on the roadways due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Sullivan | $20,500 | An EF0 tornado briefly occurred near 621 E. Silver Street in Sullivan, Indiana. Damage was done to a home at this location. There was damage to a roof, one bathroom window was blown out, and a trampoline was blown over. Roof debris was spread out over the owner's lawn, with some shingles blown into a nearby tree and one large piece of ply wood from the roof was blown over the neighbor's house, up into a tree approximately 40 feet high. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $20,000 | Several large tree limbs and trees snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts across the area with a concentrated area within the town of Sullivan. Numerous power outages reported as well. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $20,000 | Numerous roads were reported to be flooded due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Some cars were also reported to be stranded. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $15,000 | Several roads with deep standing water or water flowing through town. A car was stalled on one of the roads. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $15,000 | There were numerous reports of several trees downed and power out across the city due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $15,000 | A barn was destroyed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $15,000 | Heavy rain caused numerous county roads in central Sullivan County to be flooded. Streets in the town of Sullivan were flooded in addition to cars being stranded in the flood waters. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $10,000 | Numerous tree limbs of unknown size downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across town. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $10,000 | Semi blown over along U.S. 41 |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $8,000 | The Sullivan Daily Times reported numerous trees and power lines down in the area due to thunderstorm wind gust. The Sullivan City Fire Department responded to a power line on fire near West Washington Street and County Road 200W. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $5,000 | Spotter reported several large tree limbs snapped near his location due to thunderstorm wind gusts with live power lines on the road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $5,000 | Spotter reported 3 utility poles snapped at the ground and held up by the wires. Relayed via amateur radio and time estimated from radar. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $5,000 | Trees were downed in City Park due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report was relayed via social media. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $5,000 | Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $4,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large tree limbs across town. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | A tree was downed in Sullivan and another one was downed five miles south of Sullivan due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | Power lines were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | A trained spotter reported tree limbs, power lines, and signs down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $2,000 | Fallen tree limbs caused power outages in Sullivan. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | $1,500 | A tree and some limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $1,000 | Severe flooding was reported on secondary roads in low lying areas across the county. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | $1,000 | Several areas along State Highway 54 had water flowing over it due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sullivan | - | Numerous other hail reports ranging in size from 1-2 inches. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph or more was estimated in this location. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated on Washington Street in Sullivan. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall in Sullivan County. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Damaging thunderstorm winds caused a few trees to fall in Sullivan. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Large tree limbs broken throughout town. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | - | A levee failed along the Wabash River. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Trees were downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | Trees were knocked down. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | - | High water was reported over several roads in Sullivan. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sullivan | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sullivan County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 2008 |
 | Sherman Building | under 500 feet | 1986 |
| Center Ridge Cemetery | 0.8 miles | 2018 | |
 | Sullivan County Poor Home | 1.3 miles | 2000 |
 | Shelburn Interurban Depot-THI&E Interurban Depot | 5.8 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002867 in Record Group 79. |
| Sullivan County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.