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Corydon is a town in Harrison Township and the county seat of Harrison County, Indiana, located north of the Ohio River in the extreme southern part of the state. Corydon was founded in 1808 and served as the capital of the Indiana Territory from 1813 to 1816.
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The town of Corydon is also known as Indiana's First State Capital and as Historic Corydon. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, but the listing was amended in 1988 to expand the district's geographical boundaries and include additional sites.
Location of Harrison County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Corydon was platted in 1808 and became the capital of the Indiana Territory in 1813. Many of the state's early important historic events occurred in the county, including the writing of Indiana's first constitution. Corydon was the state capital until 1825, but in the years afterward remained an important hub for southern Indiana.
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The first capitol building in downtown Corydon. When Indiana became a state in 1816, the capital was located in Corydon.The first capitol building was a humble, two-story limestone building constructed in 1813 to house the legislature of the Indiana Territory.
N. Capitol Avenue adjacent to the Harrison County Courthouse in Corydon 38°12′43″N 86°7′34″W / 38.21194°N 86.12611°W / 38.21194; -86.12611 ( Indiana Politics, Government Institutions, Buildings and Architecture