Samuel Brown House, also known as The Brick, is a historic home located in
Franklin Township,
Putnam County, Indiana
Putnam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 37,963. The county seat is Greencastle. The county was named for Israel Putnam, a hero in the French and Indian War and a ...
. It was built about 1841, and is a one-story, "L"-plan,
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 ...
style brick dwelling. Also on the property is a contributing 19th century barn /
granary
A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animal ...
.
[ ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs.]
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 v ...
in 2006.
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Greek Revival houses in Indiana
Houses completed in 1841
Buildings and structures in Putnam County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Putnam County, Indiana
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