Thomas Downs House

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Thomas Downs House
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Location1045 Main St., Charlestown, Indiana
Coordinates 38°26′40″N85°39′35″W / 38.44444°N 85.65972°W / 38.44444; -85.65972
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1809 (1809)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 84000490 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 Bonny Wise (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Downs House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. Kramer, Carl. This Place We Call Home (Indiana University Press, 2007) p. 39)