United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)


US Post Office-Brazil
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Post office in Brazil, Indiana, April 2012
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Location	100 E. National Ave., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates	39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W / 39.52389°N 87.12583°W / 39.52389; -87.12583Coordinates: 39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W / 39.52389°N 87.12583°W / 39.52389; -87.12583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911 (1911)-1913
Architect	Taylor, James Knox
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	94001132^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1994

US Post Office-Brazil is a historic post office building located at Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under James Knox Taylor and built in 1911-1913 in the Classical Revival style. It is a two-story, brick building over a raised granite faced basement. The front facade features a blind colonnade with six Tuscan order columns of Indiana limestone. It has a hipped roof hidden from view by a parapet.

It has housed the Clay County Historical Society Museum since 1980.^[2]^{:5–6, 13}

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Helen Loughmiller and Mark Dollase (October 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: US Post Office-Brazil" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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