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| Location | 1045 Main St., Charlestown, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 38°26′40″N 85°39′35″W / 38.44444°N 85.65972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1809 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000490[1] |
| 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.[2]: 2 [3] 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.[1]
References
- 1 2 "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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