Brookville Historic District is a national
historic district located at
Brookville,
Franklin County, Indiana
Franklin County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Indiana. In the 2020 United States Census, the county population was 22,785. The county seat is the town of Brookville. Franklin County is part of the Cincinnati, OH–KYâ ...
. The district encompasses 682 contributing buildings in the
central business district and surrounding residential sections of Brookville. It developed between about 1811 and 1913, and includes notable examples of
Federal and
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed
Franklin County Seminary and
The Hermitage. Other notable contributing buildings include the James Brown Ray House (1811-1820), Old State Bank (c. 1817), James N. Tyner House (c. 1818), Old Brick Meeting House (1810-1821), Franklin County Courthouse (1853-1859), St. Michael's Catholic Church (1857-1868, 1901), Howland-Farquahar-Goodwin House (1855), Valley House Hotel (1842), and the Presbyterian Church (1854-1855).
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1975.
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References
External links
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Federal architecture in Indiana
Greek Revival architecture in Indiana
Historic districts in Franklin County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Indiana
1975 establishments in the United States
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