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The Evansville Historic District, which surrounds Main Street and stretches to the side streets of Garfield Avenue and Liberty Street, includes dozens of historic homes and other structures. The Wisconsin Historical Society called Evansville home to "the finest collection of 1840s to 1915 architecture of any small town in Wisconsin." [8]
The Grove Street Historic District is a cluster of nine historic homes in various architectural styles built from 1910 to 1946 in Evansville, Wisconsin.It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2010 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.
John M. Evans, Sr., (February 12, 1820 – August 23, 1903) was an American physician, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He is the namesake of Evansville, Wisconsin, in Rock County, and was the first mayor of that city. He also served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and served as a Union Army surgeon during the American ...
Community members snap photos of the new Lake Ivanhoe historical marker on October 15, 2022, in Burlington. The marker commemorates what is considered to be Wisconsin’s first Black-owned resort ...
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 ...
The Evansville Standpipe is a historic water tower located in Evansville, Wisconsin.The 80-ft tall steel tower was built in 1901 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, as part of the development of the local water supply system, spurred on by a devastating fire in 1896 that destroyed a large section of downtown Evansville. [2]
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin . Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register .
School closed in Evansville, Wisconsin after February tornado, what to know about damage, roads. Gannett. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. February 9, 2024 at 11:43 AM.