Adams County Indiana has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Porter, Gene Stratton, Cabin, Ceylon Covered Bridge and Colter, Ben, Polygonal Barn, Adams County Courthouse and Bowers, John S. House.
The famous person Gene Stratton Porter is associated with one of more of the Adams County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Adams County places including Gene Stratton Porter, Martin J. Huffman, Smith Bridge Company, Ben Colter, Wing & Mahurin, J.C. Johnson and Moon Construction. Prominent architectural styles found in Adams Country are Classical Revival, Federal and Greek Revival.
