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US Post Office-Brazil
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Post office in Brazil, Indiana, April 2012
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Location	100 E. National Ave., Brazil, Indiana
Coordinates	39°31′26″N 87°7′33″W / 39.52389°N 87.12583°W / 39.52389; -87.12583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911 (1911)-1913
Architect	Taylor, James Knox
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	94001132
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1994

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.

See also

• List of United States post offices

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 Helen Loughmiller and Mark Dollase (October 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: US Post Office-Brazil" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

External links

• Clay County Historical Society Museum

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