Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 84000490 Architectural style Federal architecture | Built c. 1809 (1809) Opened 1809 Added to NRHP 6 December 1984 | |
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Location 1045 Main St., Charlestown, Indiana | ||
The Thomas Downs House is a historic home located just east of Charlestown, Indiana's town square. It was built about 1809. and is a two-story, four bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a gable roof, sits on a stone foundation, and has a one-story rear ell. Thomas Downs was a politician from Charlestown that was Clark County's first county treasurer. He would later serve as an Indiana Territory legislator. It is owned by the Clark's Grant Historical Society, who has a museum there but offers tours by reservation only.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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