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Evansville was a major stop for steamboats along the Ohio River, and it was the home port for a number of companies engaged in trade via the river. [12] Three of Evansville's most iconic buildings – the Old Post Office from the 1870s, Willard Library from the 1880s, and the Old Courthouse from the 1890s – are monuments from those active ...
The land encompassing Evansville was formally relinquished by the Delaware in 1805 to General William Henry Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory. The city of Evansville, Indiana was founded in 1812 and incorporated in 1817. It is situated on an oxbow in the Ohio River, and is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River City".
Washington Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Evansville, Indiana.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] The district, bounded roughly by Madison and Grand Avenues and East Gum and Parrett Streets, sprang up in the late 19th century, during an economic boom when the city's population went from 29,200 in 1880 to more than 59,000 ...
The stately Willard Library. Lamasco is a former town, and current district, in Evansville, Indiana originally bounded by the present day streets of St. Joseph Avenue on the west, First Avenue on the east, Maryland on the north and the Ohio River on the south to Fulton (meaning Pennsylvania east of Fulton). [1]
Sondra Matthews preserved Black history by pushing for the Evansville African Museum and spent 40 years reporting on the communities for Our Times.
Lincolnshire Historic District is a national historic district located at Evansville, Indiana. The district developed after 1923, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Evansville. The district's homes have a mixture of Tudor Revival and Old and new World revival designs, including Colonial Revival. St.
It depicts the Evansville of the 1920s as the most segregated city in Indiana: an immigrant-fearing, white-heavy river town that, despite its perch above the Mason-Dixon line, was more south than ...
Independence Historic District, also known as the West Franklin Street-Wabash Avenue Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Lamasco neighborhood of Evansville, Indiana. The district developed after 1880, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site.