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Evansville was first settled in the 1830s by New Englanders who were attracted to the area by its pristine wooded landscape and the placid Allen Creek. By 1855, the city recorded its first plat and was complete with homes, shops, and churches. Evansville is named for Dr. John M. Evans, a doctor and postmaster during the city's early years. [5]
1897 hotel built with 5 bedrooms to serve travelers on the railroad. Also housed railroad ticket office, barber shop, bus stop, funeral parlor, and served as community meeting place. [54] [55] 28: Kuehn Blacksmith Shop-Hardware Store: Kuehn Blacksmith Shop-Hardware Store: March 29, 1984 : 148-152 E. 2nd St.
Evansville: Allen's Creek was dammed in 1847 to create Lake Leota and power Evansville's mills. Leonard Park above it was started in 1883 - the town's first park. The park was expanded and as make-work programs during the Great Depression landscaped [155] and equipped with the Rustic-style limestone bell tower, [156] shelter house, [157 ...
Built in 1912, the Matt Ellis House at 125 Grove St. is the second oldest home in the district. Its architectural style is Queen Anne. That style emerged in the U.S. around 1880 and characteristic features are complex rooflines, corner towers, asymmetric wraparound porches, and careful attention to different surface textures.
All Evansville Community School District schools are closed Friday "due to the storms and loss of power," according to a Friday morning Facebook post from ECSD. "Please stay safe!" the post said.
1928 Georgian Revival home of Schwahn, part owner of a saddlery factory on Wisconsin Street. [65] 52: Second Ward School: Second Ward School: January 7, 2000 : 1105 Main St. Eau Claire: Collegiate Gothic school built around 1916. Renamed "Boyd School" in 1951 and operated until 2002.
The Old Fourth Ward Historic District in Janesville, Wisconsin is a large old working-class neighborhood southwest of the downtown, comprising about 1100 contributing structures built from the 1840s to 1930. [2] In 1990 the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Ward Memorial Hall is an 1880s theater building within the Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is part of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home complex, designated Building No. 41, on the present day Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds.