F-84 Fighter Jet
This file appears in: Vigo County Courthouse
Due to a mechanical failure in the 1950’s, the F-84 Fighter Jet was grounded for life and donated to the City of Terre Haute. In November of 1959 the plane was presented on the Southeast corner of the Courthouse lawn. In 2007 it found its current and permanent home at the F-84 Memorial Plaza. On May 24th that year the jet was dedicated at the Krietenstein American Legion Post 104.
This file appears in: Vigo County Courthouse
Vigo County Courthouse
With its stately limestone and use of both Ionic and Corinthian columns, the County Courthouse is a superb example of neo-Baroque architecture. The Courthouse was designed by Samuel Hannaford, who was born in England in the spring of 1835, but…