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Vincennes Historic District is a national historic district located at Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,161 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 9 contributing structures, and 37 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Vincennes.
The Indiana Territorial Capitol, also known as the Indiana Territory State Memorial and Legislative Hall, is part of a state historical site in Vincennes, Indiana. Part of a row of buildings located across from Vincennes University, the building was the center of government for the Indiana Territory from 1800 to 1813. It was built between 1800 ...
Location of Knox County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
At the Indiana Territory State Historic Site (1 W. Harrison St.), near the junction of First and Harrison Streets in Vincennes 38°41′8″N 87°31′32″W / 38.68556°N 87.52556°W / 38.68556; -87.52556 ( William Henry Harrison & Lewis & Clark Expedition
Elihu Stout published the first newspaper in the Indiana Territory in 1804 at Vincennes. The Indiana Gazette debuted on July 31, 1804. Fire destroyed the printing presses in 1806, but Stout revived the newspaper as the Western Sun in 1807. [22] [23] Vincennes served as the first capital of Indiana Territory until it was moved to Corydon on May ...
New Albany, Indiana: ca. 1813-1814 Residence Oldest building in New Albany. Built by one of the town's founders Joel Scribner Aunt Lucy Detraz House: Vevay, Indiana: ca. 1814 Residence Barrett-Gate House: New Harmony, Indiana: ca. 1814 Residence David McCormick Tavern: Vevay, Indiana: ca. 1814 Commercial/ Residence Eigner Barn: New Harmony ...
It is located along Willow Street and Sixth Street on Vincennes' South Side. Efforts to found a hospital in Knox County began in 1901 with a local woman's club, the Columbian Reading Circle. Opening in 1908, it was named for the Parable of the Good Samaritan and became the first county hospital in Indiana. Edith Willis served as its first ...
After the battle, the troops returned to Fort Knox at Vincennes; several died there from their wounds. In 1813, as the War of 1812 increased the chances of attacks on Vincennes by Native Americans, the military determined that Fort Knox was too far away to protect the town. Fort Knox II was disassembled, floated down the Wabash, and reassembled ...