Brazil Downtown Historic District Explained

Brazil Downtown Historic District
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Location:E. and W. National Ave. between Depot and Forest Aves., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates:39.5239°N -87.1258°W
Architect:Taylor, James Knox; Fletcher, George A.
Architecture:Renaissance, Romanesque, Italianate
Added:June 25, 1997
Refnum:97000601

Brazil Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and two contributing objects in the central business district of Brazil. The district developed between about 1875 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed United States Post Office. Other notable buildings include the Sinclair Oil Gas Station (c. 1935), Lark Theater (1922, 1958), Citizens Bank Building (c. 1910), Brazil Trust Company (c. 1915), D.H. Davis Building (1909), and Telephone Building (c. 1925).[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Brazil Downtown Historic District . 2015-09-01. Camille B. Fife and Thomas W. Salmon, II . PDF. July 1996. and Accompanying photographs.