Clay County Courthouse (Indiana)

Clay County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse, August 2001
LocationBounded by US 40, Harrison, Jackson, and Alabama Sts., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates39°31′28.8″N 87°7′9.6″W / 39.524667°N 87.119333°W / 39.524667; -87.119333
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
ArchitectGaddis, John W.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.99001109[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1999

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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

In 2001, a historical marker was erected on 609 E. National Road/US 40, Brazil. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Clay County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ^ IHB (December 7, 2020). "Clay County Courthouse". IHB. Retrieved June 5, 2024.