Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“Union County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Liberty, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indianapolis architect George W.”
Wikipedia article Union County Courthouse (Indiana), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Union County Courthouse: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Co. Hwy. Dept | Stone | Producer | ||
| Union County Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 9 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | 2 killed, 6 hurt, $25,000 | Numerous trees downed across the county, one of which fell across a tent, injuring six campers. Also, two people were killed when a boat overturned in the storm on Brookville Lake. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | 3 hurt, $10,000 | Several trees were downed in and around Whitewater Memorial State Park. One tree fell onto a tent, resulting in 3 non-life threatening injuries. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $100,000 | State Route 101 was underwater near town, with several other roads in town closed by high water. The Union County Public Library and Edwards Memorial United Methodist Church both sustained basement flooding. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $65,000 | Large trees were reported down with one of them down on a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Sheds were tipped over, a roof was peeled from a garage, a barn roof was peeled off with debris strewn for at least a half of a mile, a large grain silo was dented in, and a heavy wagon was rolled in excess of one hundred feet due to the winds. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees which toppled power lines across the center of the county at Liberty. Some of the trees in Liberty also fell on some homes causing minor damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $35,000 | A business on South State Route 101 received significant roof damage. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $25,000 | A structure on Salem Road south of US Route 27 sustained minor damage, including having its windows blown out. A roof was blown off a house east of Liberty along State Route 44. A hog barn was blown off its foundation and numerous trees were knocked down. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall caused flooding, which washed a road out. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Liberty | $8,000 | Trees were also knocked down near Cottage Grove. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Many trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed by high winds in Liberty. Fayette County Connersville,27,0250EST,,,0,0,?,0,Thunderstorm Winds Several trees and power lines were blown down near Connersville. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Liberty | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $4,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in the Liberty area. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | A few trees were knocked down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Six trees were knocked down in town. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $3,000 | Liberty Pike was flooded in several spots. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Eight trees and a few power lines reported down across the southeast portion of the county |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Two large limbs were blown down on State Route 101. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $2,000 | Large limbs were downed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,500 | A large tree and several large limbs were knocked down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | A tree was downed along State Route 101. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down on Snake Hill Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | A large tree was downed on Main Street in Liberty due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | A few trees and tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Liberty | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Several roads were closed throughout the county due to high water. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Numerous roads were closed due to flooding. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Liberty | - | Several roads remained closed due to flooding. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Liberty | - | Numerous roads were flooded. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Liberty | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Liberty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2013 |
 | Liberty Residential Historic District | 0.8 miles | 2013 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000103 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Union County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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