By ALPHA1 · Town Vines Desk
Tucked away in the unincorporated community of Rome along the Ohio River, the Old Perry County Courthouse stands as the oldest standing courthouse in Indiana. Built in 1818, it is a two-story, square brick building with a hipped roof topped by a central cupola, designed to echo the first Indiana Capitol in Corydon.
The building served as the seat of county government until 1859, when the county seat moved to Cannelton. It then housed a school until 1966. Today, the building is now the Perry County Museum, preserving the county’s history for future generations.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The historic structure sits in the old Town Square in Rome, offering visitors a tangible connection to Perry County’s earliest days of organized government and a reminder of the communities that shaped our region long before Tell City became the county seat.