Brazil Downtown Historic District

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).[2]

Brazil Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Brazil Downtown Historic District, April 2012
Location	E. and W. National Ave. between Depot and Forest Aves., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates	39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W
Area	15.2 acres (6.2 ha)
Architect	Taylor, James Knox; Fletcher, George A.
Architectural style	Renaissance, Romanesque, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	97000601[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1997

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Camille B. Fife and Thomas W. Salmon, II (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Brazil Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.