Foundations Under Hamilton County's Oldest Continuously Built Ground
Noblesville has been Hamilton County's seat since 1824, and its downtown blocks around the courthouse square carry the county's longest continuous construction history, sitting on the same Crosby-Brookston glacial till and expansive clay common across the region. Older foundations near the square were built before modern drainage and waterproofing standards existed, while Noblesville's newer subdivisions sit on the same clay soils but with contemporary footing and grading practices.
A Century of Accumulated Movement, or a Single Recent Cause
We evaluate older Noblesville homes near the square for settlement patterns built up over more than a century of clay movement, while newer-subdivision homes usually show more recent, single-cause settlement tied to grading or drainage rather than a long accumulated history.