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Meridian Forest Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
97000600

Added to NRHP
  
26 June 1997

Area
  
28 ha

Meridian-Forest Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by N. Meridian, E. Chestnut, N. Forest, E. and W. Church, and State Sts., Brazil, Indiana

Architect
  
McGuire & Shook; Brubaker & Stern

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Romanesque, Italianate

Meridian-Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Brazil, Clay County, Indiana. The district encompasses 220 contributing buildings and 13 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Brazil. The district developed between about 1866 and 1940, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. The district is characterized by brick streets and alleys. Notable buildings include the First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Carnegie Library, and Brazil Junior High School.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

References

Meridian-Forest Historic District Wikipedia