Clay County Courthouse (Indiana)

Clay County Courthouse

Clay County Courthouse, August 2001
Location Bounded by US 40, Harrison, Jackson, and Alabama Sts., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates 39°31′28.8″N 87°7′9.6″W / 39.524667°N 87.119333°W / 39.524667; -87.119333Coordinates: 39°31′28.8″N 87°7′9.6″W / 39.524667°N 87.119333°W / 39.524667; -87.119333
Area 1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built 1914 (1914)
Architect Gaddis, John W.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 99001109[1]
Added to NRHP September 9, 1999

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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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 Glory-June Grieff (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Clay County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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