DeKalb County Souvenir Marks Courthouse Cornerstone
The Fort Wayne Sentinel’s DeKalb County Souvenir highlights the laying of the courthouse cornerstone in Auburn Indiana. It notes three quarters of a century of county history and calls the new court house a milestone in DeKalb’s progress. The piece praises Auburn as county government’s hub and positions the building as a gem of architecture.
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DeKalb History and Early County Foundations
Auburn Indiana's DeKalb County origins traced from 1836 7 formation to early leaders in Auburn Wesley Park the first sheriff and John F Corbin as clerk recorders outline initial commissioners judges and lawyers. The article notes geography farming strength and ties to Fort Wayne plus the 1846 plat of Auburn by Howe and Park before Lagrange county recognition.
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L. J. Gengler
F. A. Coats
E. B. Dunton
Gen. ewLis J. Blair
Waterloo
Auburn
John B. Howe
Wesley Park
Francis F.jewett
Lagrange County
DeKalb County Officers Steer New Courthouse Plans
Auburn Indiana July 27 The county officers active in backing the new DeKalb county courthouse are listed with titles and deputies including Commissioners Daniells Kelham and Bordner Auditor Madden Clerk Austin Treasurer Oberlin Sheriff Thomas Recorder Haverstock Assessor Scattergood Surveyor Wagoner and County Council members Eckhart Knisely Potts Miller Alford Beecher Merica and attorneys Link Atkinson. The first building vote approved a 250000 appropriation with W A Daniells supporting it and J A Elson opposing. Ernest Thomas of Peru directs construction and will move his family to Auburn until completion. Committees overseeing plans include Building Committee Emory Shook Young Hovarter N Jackman S Stone and Advisory and Arrangements groups led by Young Stone Hovarter Dan Link Boland Culbertson Bishop Sprott.
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Alva Link
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Luther Knisely
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D. M. Link
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Dan M. Link
Michael Boland
Hugh R. Culbertson
George A. Bishop
Thomas H. Sprott
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Garrett
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Thomas Elson
Board of County Commissioners
DeKalb County Courthouse Move Advances to Construction
In Auburn Indiana July 27 1911 the DeKalb County Courthouse project moves from debate to building with a 193 292 bid to Joseph B Goodall Peru Indiana and a 10051 bid for plumbing and wiring to Carson Parson Danville Illinois. Mahurin Mahurin of Fort Wayne prepare plans and the cornerstone laid with a 1911 dedication inscription.
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Fourth Courthouse to Rise in DeKalb County
The DeKalb County Sentinel notes the county will build its tenth courthouse, clarifying confusion over prior structures. It recalls the original courthouse once known as Park’s Hotel, built around 1877 with eight by eleven foot dimensions, two story height, and lower court rooms with a yard.
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