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Miami County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Peru, Indiana. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a three-story, steel frame, concrete-and-brick building sheathed in a veneer of Bedford limestone. It features a projecting portico with freestanding two-story Tuscan order columns in the Classical Revival. The building has a flat roof topped by a squat four-sided square dome. The property includes an additional 33 contributing objects, such as a bell with stand, "Lady Liberty" statue, retaining wall, 12 architectural lamps, and 6 street lamps.
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Little buggies, two-headed rabbits, circus stuff, etc.
See life and memorabilia under the big top.
The music star was born in Peru and is buried here.
Every year someone new is inducted, and Peru is the amateur circus city. Visit the museum - covering circus history from the start to present, and check out a performance of the Peru Circus - which features young people from all over the country, performing acts ranging from magic to trapeze to animal husbandry. Check out memorabilia and antiquities from the history of the circus.
Explore a 1.8 mile long trail alongside limestone bluffs of the Mississinewa River in the ancient home of the Miamis.