Thomas Downs House

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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. Note: This includes and Accompanying photographs.Kramer, Carl. This Place We Call Home (Indiana University Press, 2007) p. 39) It is owned by the Clark's Grant Historical Society, who has a museum there but offers tours by reservation only. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1809

Source: en.wikipedia.org