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Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, also known as the Sheriff's House, is a historic jail and residence located at 226 South Main Street in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Second Empire style brick building. It has a three-story projecting tower and a mansard roof.
Merrillville (/ ˈ m ɛr əl v ɪ l / MAIR-əl-vil, locally / ˈ m ɛər v ɪ l /) is a town in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 35,246 at the 2010 census. Merrillville is in east-central Lake County, in the Chicago metropolitan area.
South Main St (West Side) Crown Point Carnegie Library Historical Marker, 1908; 223 Crown Point Carnegie Library, Colonial Revival, 1908; 225 Masonic Temple, Colonial Revival, c. 1920 (N) [2] 209-211 Commercial Bldg, Vernacular, 1930; 99 Lake County Courthouse [2] Lake County Courthouse Historical Marker, 1874; North Main St (West Side)
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Roughly bounded by Clark St., the alley east of Main St., Hack Ct., and Court St.; also roughly bounded by Robinson, East, Walnut, and Court Sts.; also 208 Main St. 41°25′02″N 87°21′56″W / 41.417333°N 87.365456°W / 41.417333; -87.365456 ( Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic
Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. [4] The population was 33,899 at the 2020 census.The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point.
Winfield (/ ˈ w ɪ n f i l d / WIN-feeld) is a town in Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. The population was 2,298 at the time of the 2000 census, 4,383 in 2010, and 5,987 in 2019. The town was incorporated in 1993 in order to keep the residents from being annexed by other neighboring communities.
At the time the county was created, three towns were vying to be the County Seat, Lake Court House (the name for Crown Point), Liverpool and West Point. [6] In 1839 the County Commissioners picked Liverpool as the County Seat. Local dissatisfaction brought the state into the process and the following year (1840), Lake Court House was selected.