Historic Corydon

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Corydon Capitol State Historic Site

Corydon Capitol State Historic Site

• Construction began on the 2-story limestone federal style building in 1809 and was completed in 1813 when the territorial capital was moved from Vincennes to Corydon

• Corydon served as Indiana’s first state capital from 1816 to 1825 when the state capital was moved to Indianapolis

• The old capitol building walls are 2 feet thick constructed of locally quarried limestone

Governor’s Headquarters

Governor’s Headquarters

• Red brick building built in 1817 by Davis Floyd, treasurer and auditor of the Indiana Territory

• Purchased by the state of Indiana in 1819 to house Governor William Hendricks

• Hendricks lived in the house from 1822 to 1825• Part of the Corydon Capitol State Historic Site the

home is open for tours

First StateOffice Building

First State Office Building

• Brick building built in 1817 and is currently painted blue

• Housed the offices of State Treasurer and State Auditor from 1817 until 1824

• Cellar served as treasury vault• Used as Harrison County Seminary from 1829-51• Since 1871, home of Amzi Brewster heirs• Now part of Corydon Capitol State Historic Site

Posey House

    Built in 1817 as the home of Colonel Thomas L. Perry, the son of the territorial Gov. Thomas Perry    Col. Perry was a prominent Corydon merchant     Col. Perry who never married raised 14 orphans in his home

ConstitutionElm

• Forty-three delegates met in 1816 to draft Indiana's first constitution. Due to the sweltering heat, the delegates moved outside and continued their work under the branches of an enormous elm. Although the tree died of Dutch Elm disease in 1925, its trunk is still preserved in this sandstone monument.

Corydon Battle Park

Corydon Battle Park• The Battle of Corydon was the only Civil War

Battle fought on Indiana soil and occurred on July 9,1863, when 450 members of the Harrison County Home Guard attempted to delay General John Hunt Morgan's 2,400 Confederate soldiers that day, in hopes that Union reinforcements would arrive and stop Morgan's march through southern Indiana.

• Five acre wooded park includes trails, log cabin, a cannon and commemorative markers.

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