Thomas Downs House

	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°WCoordinates: 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
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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[SHAARD-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)

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