A courthouse square rebuilt once, foundations rarely touched since
The Boone County courthouse's current Classical Revival granite-and-limestone form dates to 1909-1911, and many homes in the surrounding neighborhoods carry original foundations well over a century old, built long before modern understanding of expansive clay soil and seasonal foundation movement.
Newer Lebanon construction on the same soil
Boone County's glacial-till, clay-heavy soils are consistent across Lebanon's older courthouse-square core and its newer subdivisions alike, so even recent Lebanon construction needs the same soil-moisture and grading considerations that shape a repair plan for the town's oldest homes.