Brookville Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located at Brookville,

Franklin County, Indiana Franklin County is a County (United States), 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, Indiana, Brookville. Frankli ...

. The district encompasses 682 contributing buildings in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

and surrounding residential sections of Brookville. It developed between about 1811 and 1913, and includes notable examples of Federal and

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

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). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs an
site map
It was listed on the

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in 1975.

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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 {{FranklinCountyIN-NRHP-stub