 Although the community planned to build the courthouse as a monument to the city ’ s ( Gas Boom @-@ related ) prosperity , the commissioners were still concerned with costs . In late July 1893 , the commissioners awarded the courthouse construction contract to the Fort Wayne firm of Boseker & Son . The price was cut to $ 97 @,@ 000 by altering some of the architect ’ s specifications . The stone chosen for the building was Amherst Blue from quarry number 9 in Amherst , Ohio . Work on the foundation was conducted in August , and the foundation stones were brought to town from Montpelier quarries located on the other side of the county . 
