Background
He was born in Carrollton, Ohio to James and Elizabeth Crabbs Tolan. Like his father, he began working as a marble cutter in Delphos, Ohio.
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Thomas Tolan
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At some point in his life he made the jump from being a marble craftsman to an architect. In 1874, he moved his family and architectural practice to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The firm was known as T.J. Tolan & Son, Architects.
In addition they designed some churches and fraternal buildings.
His most notable work included the courthouses in Van Wert, Ohio, Cambridge, Illinois, Bloomfield, Iowa, and Rockville, Lagrange, and Warsaw, Indiana. Tolan died while traveling on business in Chicago, Illinois.
He is buried in Delphos, Ohio. Davis County Courthouse (Bloomfield, Iowa) in Bloomfield, Iowa (added May 3, 1974)
Van Wert County Courthouse, Van Wert, Ohio (added July 30, 1974)
Holmes County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail, Millersburg, Ohio (added July 25, 1974)
Morrow County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail, Mount Gilead, Ohio (added July 25, 1974)
Louisiana Grange County Courthouse, Lagrange, Indiana (added July 17, 1980)
Noble County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail, Albion, Indiana (added December 27, 1982)
Kosciusko County Courthouse, Warsaw, Indiana (added March 1, 1982)
Parke County Courthouse in Rockville, Indiana (added May 27, 1993)
McColloch-Weatherhogg Double House (J Ross McColloch House), Fort Wayne, Indiana (added 2001)
Henry County Courthouse (Cambridge, Illinois), Cambridge, Illinois (added August 20, 2004).
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United States