NRHP Reference # 97000601 Added to NRHP 25 June 1997 | Area 6 ha | |
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Location E. and W. National Ave. between Depot and Forest Aves., Brazil, Indiana Architect Taylor, James Knox; Fletcher, George A. Architectural style Renaissance, Romanesque, Italianate | ||
Brazil Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and two contributing objects in the central business district of Brazil. The district developed between about 1875 and 1935, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed United States Post Office. Other notable buildings include the Sinclair Oil Gas Station (c. 1935), Lark Theater (1922, 1958), Citizens Bank Building (c. 1910), Brazil Trust Company (c. 1915), D.H. Davis Building (1909), and Telephone Building (c. 1925).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.