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United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
94001132

Added to NRHP
  
8 September 1994

Built
  
1911 (1911)-1913

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

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Location
  
100 E. National Ave., Brazil, Indiana

Similar
  
Manchester Main Post Office, United States Post Office–M, Old Middletown Post Office, Wickahoney Post Office and Stag, United States Post Office‑Sa

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.

References

United States Post Office (Brazil, Indiana) Wikipedia