Rochester, Indiana

August 17, 2011

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All Photos Copyright © 2011 by Robert E Pence

As of the census of 2000, 20,511 people lived in Fulton County including 6,414 who lived in Rochester, the county seat. Fulton County was formed in
1836 and named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.

Fulton County Courthouse

The 1895 limestone Romansque Fulton County Courthouse in Rochester, Indiana, was designed by A.W. Rush & Son, of Grand Rapids, Michigan,
and erected by contractor Jordan E. Gibson, of Logansport, Indiana. The cost was about $100,000.

Around the town square and downtown

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