Clay County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at

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, Clay County, Indiana. It was designed by noted Indiana architect John W. Gaddis and built in 1914 in the Classical Revival style. It is a three-story,

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building over a raised basement. It features a multi-tiered

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with clock faces within a decorative tympanum and a two-story dome atop the flat roof. The interior has a rotunda with stained glass octahedral dome. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the

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in 1999. In 2001, a historical marker was erected on 609 E. National Road/US 40, Brazil.

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County courthouses in Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1914 Buildings and structures in Clay County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Indiana 1914 establishments in Indiana {{ClayCountyIN-NRHP-stub