Clay County Courthouse | |
Location: | Bounded by US 40, Harrison, Jackson, and Alabama Sts., Brazil, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 39.5247°N -87.1193°W |
Architect: | Gaddis, John W. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | September 9, 1999 |
Refnum: | 99001109 |
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.[1]
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. [2]