The Sheriff's Residence was built in 1868, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling.

It features round and segmental arched window openings and a full-width front porch.

Attached to it is a two-story, vernacular Romanesque Revival style jail block of rusticated limestone.

The jail block was designed by architect John W. Gaddis and added in 1896.

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