IN SCR0036

Recognizes and congratulates the town of Centerville, Indiana on its bicentennial anniversary in 2014.

Centerville was platted in 1814 in Center Township in Wayne County and served as the county seat from 1818 to 1873.

Contains unique architectural features including archways dating from 1823 through 1836 created when original street widths were reduced from 100 feet to 65 feet.

U.S. 40 (the National Road/Cumberland Road), the first major improved highway built by the federal government, runs east-west through the center of Centerville.

Houses Wayne County's original log courthouse built in 1812, the only original log courthouse still standing in the Northwest Territory, which was restored in 1998.