*** Welcome to piglix ***

United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)

US Post Office-Brazil
Post office in Brazil, Indiana.jpg
Post office in Brazil, Indiana, April 2012
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana) is located in Clay County, Indiana
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana) is located in Indiana
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana) is located in the US
United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)
Location 100 E. National Ave., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates 39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W / 39.52389°N 87.12583°W / 39.52389; -87.12583Coordinates: 39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W / 39.52389°N 87.12583°W / 39.52389; -87.12583
Area less than one acre
Built 1911 (1911)-1913
Architect Taylor, James Knox
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 94001132
Added to NRHP September 8, 1994

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.

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


...
Wikipedia

...