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By Blaine Martin

Rockville begun in 1824 because the seat of justice for the newly proven Parke County. A small brick courthouse was once equipped, and a fledgling neighborhood quickly sprang up round it. inside of a little while, blacksmiths, furnishings developers, harness makers, grocers, druggists, and dry items salesmen have been calling the hot public sq. domestic. Then over a interval of thirteen years, starting in 1870, the face of Rockville used to be vastly altered as fires destroyed the early constructions. The newly resurrected city may glance fairly various. because the rebuilding happened, a superb instance of small-town Italianate structure emerged. This new Rockville seemed a lot diversified than its haphazard Colonial-style predecessor. Three-story brick and stone constructions changed haphazard one- and two-story wooden body buildings; concrete sidewalks changed wood walkways; awnings, ornate cornices, and big architectural iron and glass storefronts turned the normal. It used to be in the course of those years that Rockville started to resemble the imperative American small city it truly is today.

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