United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana) Explained

US Post Office-Brazil
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:100 E. National Ave., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates:39.5239°N -87.1258°W
Built:-1913
Architect:Taylor, James Knox
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 8, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94001132

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Brazil Downtown Historic District.

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  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: US Post Office-Brazil . 2015-08-01. Helen Loughmiller and Mark Dollase . PDF. October 1993. and Accompanying photographs.