Three Courthouses on the Same Ground
Whitley County has rebuilt its courthouse twice since choosing Columbia (renamed Columbia City in 1854) as its seat in 1839 -- the first courthouse went up in 1841, a second around 1850, and the current Beaux Arts building, designed by architect Brentwood S. Tolan, was completed in 1888-1890. That much rebuilding on one site says something about how construction standards shifted across the town's history.
Foundations in an Older County-Seat Core
Homes near Columbia City's historic courthouse square tend to date from the town's earlier decades as county seat, sitting on the same silt-loam and clay-loam glacial soils found across northeastern Indiana, while newer subdivisions ring the older core. A foundation evaluation should start with confirming which era actually built the specific property, not just its distance from downtown.
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