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Indiana
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History
A post office was established at Belmont in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1916.
In 1907
Hoosier Group
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T. C. Steele
Theodore Clement Steele (September 11, 1847 – July 24, 1926) was an American Impressionist painter known for his Indiana landscapes. Steele was an innovator and leader in American Midwest painting and is one of the most famous of Indiana' ...
and his wife, Selma Neubacher Steele, moved into newly built studio and home on of hilltop land one and a half miles south of Belmont. They named their summer retreat the House of the Singing Winds; it became their year-round residence in 1912. After purchasing additional acreage in 1911 to increase their Brown County property to of land, they made further improvements that included an enlarged home surrounded by expansive gardens, a large studio-gallery, and several other outbuildings. In July 1945 Selma donated the entire property and more than 300 of her husband's paintings to the Indiana Department of Conservation (the present-day
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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National Register of Historic Places
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in 1973. The T. C. Steele Memorial Cemetery, which is also in the state historic site near Belmont, includes the graves of T. C. and Selma Steele.
Geography
Belmont is located on State Road 46, halfway between
Nashville
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