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Location of Brown County in Indiana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Brown County, Indiana.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 9 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another 3 properties were once listed but have been removed.

Properties and districts located in incorporated areas display the name of the municipality, while properties and districts in unincorporated areas display the name of their civil township. Properties and districts split between multiple jurisdictions display the names of all jurisdictions.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
February 10, 2022
(#100007441)
Covered Bridge Rd. over Bean Blossom Cr., 7/10 mi. SW of jct. of IN 45 and IN 135
39°15′39″N 86°15′19″W / 39.2609°N 86.2552°W / 39.2609; -86.2552 (Bean Blossom Covered Bridge)
Bean Blossom vicinity
2 Brown County Bridge No. 36
Brown County Bridge No. 36
Brown County Bridge No. 36
December 21, 1993
(#93001430)
Hickory Hill Rd. across the North Fork of Salt Creek, southwest of Nashville
39°10′59″N 86°18′12″W / 39.1831°N 86.3033°W / 39.1831; -86.3033 (Brown County Bridge No. 36)
Washington Township
3 Brown County Courthouse Historic District
Brown County Courthouse Historic District
Brown County Courthouse Historic District
July 21, 1983
(#83000050)
Courthouse, Old Log Jail, and the Historical Society Museum Building
39°12′28″N 86°14′48″W / 39.2078°N 86.2467°W / 39.2078; -86.2467 (Brown County Courthouse Historic District)
Nashville
4 Brown County State Park
Brown County State Park
Brown County State Park
December 7, 2020
(#100005867)
1405 IN 46 West
39°06′49″N 86°15′53″W / 39.1136°N 86.2647°W / 39.1136; -86.2647 (Brown County State Park)
Nashville vicinity
5 Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker
Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker
Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker
December 6, 1984
(#84000450)
State Road 135 and Bellsville Rd. at Stone Head
39°07′47″N 86°09′31″W / 39.1297°N 86.1586°W / 39.1297; -86.1586 (Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker)
Van Buren Township
6 Nashville Historic District
Nashville Historic District
Nashville Historic District
November 21, 2022
(#100008408)
Roughly bounded by Old School Way, Johnson, Mound, and Franklin Sts. including blk. south of Franklin St. between Van Buren and Jefferson Sts.
39°12′26″N 86°14′54″W / 39.2072°N 86.2483°W / 39.2072; -86.2483 (Nashville Historic District)
Nashville
7 Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio
Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio
Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio
October 2, 1973
(#73000029)
Southwest of Nashville off State Road 46
39°07′50″N 86°20′19″W / 39.1306°N 86.3386°W / 39.1306; -86.3386 (Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio)
Washington Township Associated with American Impressionist painter T. C. Steele
8 Story Historic District March 11, 2019
(#100003500)
Elkinsville Rd. at IN 135
39°05′56″N 86°12′50″W / 39.0989°N 86.2138°W / 39.0989; -86.2138 (Story Historic District)
Nashville
9 F.P. Taggart Store
F.P. Taggart Store
F.P. Taggart Store
December 22, 1983
(#83003559)
Main and Van Buren Sts.
39°12′25″N 86°14′52″W / 39.2069°N 86.2478°W / 39.2069; -86.2478 (F.P. Taggart Store)
Nashville

Former listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Axsom Branch Archeological Site (12BR12) March 25, 1986
(#86000525)
September 8, 1995 Address Restricted
Nashville
2 Grandview Church
Grandview Church
Grandview Church
September 13, 1991
(#91001160)
September 29, 2010 Grandview Ridge Rd. southeast of New Bellsville
39°07′28″N 86°04′05″W / 39.1244°N 86.0681°W / 39.1244; -86.0681 (Grandview Church)
Nashville Destroyed by arsonist in 2010.[6] Pre-arson photograph.
3 Refuge No. 7 Archeological Site (12BR11) March 25, 1986
(#86000629)
September 8, 1995 Address Restricted
Nashville

See also

References

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ^ 7th suspect arrested in Grandview Church Fire, WISH, 2010-07-24. Accessed 2010-10-08.