Clay County Courthouse

Bounded by US 40, Harrison, Jackson, and Alabama Sts., Brazil, Indiana. County/parish: Clay.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 09, 1999. NRIS 99001109.

2 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Clay County Courthouse (Indiana)

Clay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indiana architect John W. Gaddis and built in 1914 in the Classical Revival style. It is a three-story, limestone building over a raised basement. It features a multi-tiered parapet with clock faces within a decorative tympanum and a two-story dome atop the flat roof. The interior has a rotunda with stained glass octahedral dome.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

In 2001, a historical marker was erected on 609 E. National Road/US 40, Brazil.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132002716

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