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Historic house in Indiana, United States United States historic place


Thomas Downs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	1045 Main St., Charlestown, Indiana
Coordinates	38°26′40″N 85°39′35″W / 38.44444°N 85.65972°W / 38.44444; -85.65972
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1809 (1809)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	84000490
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

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.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"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 Bonny Wise (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Downs House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Kramer, Carl. This Place We Call Home (Indiana University Press, 2007) p. 39)

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