Clay County Courthouse (Indiana) Explained

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]

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: Clay County Courthouse . 2015-08-01. Glory-June Grieff . PDF. July 1998. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. Web site: IHB . 2020-12-07 . Clay County Courthouse . 2024-06-05 . IHB . en.