Architect Isaac Hodgson provided them with what they wanted, but with a mansard roof and a 110-foot clock tower.

The mansard roof was unusual for a midwestern public building in the 1860s.

It became popular later, but the Henry County Court House was probably the earliest example of the style for public buildings in the midwest.

[1] It is located in the New Castle Commercial Historic District.

This article about a property in Henry County, Indiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.