Evansville, Indiana

 

Population ~117,000  Metro 350,000

 

 

Vanderburgh County Courthouse: (Henry Wolters)

 

Sheriff/Jail…also designed by Henry Wolters

 

 

 

 

Old Post Office, designed by Alfred B. Mullett

 

 

 

It appears they built a skyscraper to look like a parking garage. This disgusting piece of crap shouldn't be anywhere near a Richardsonian Romanesque masterpiece, let alone within one block of it.:

 

Seems like I possibly missed a festival or something similar in this grass block:

 

 

(1930):

 

(former) Greyhound station(1938)

 

 

(1916)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Street is not straight within downtown… designed with a single lane of traffic and one for parking, the road curves left and right with alternating bump outs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a lot of horrible additions to the wonderful older buildings they have.

Where are the people?

Evansville still retains some of its late 19th and early 20th century architecture and this collection nicely demonstrates Evansville's legacy. I was surprised the 1885 Willard Library which is reputed to be haunted, was not included but time is sometimes limited.  There is some great Victorian residential architecture near the Ohio River on Southeast 1st (check out streetview) as well as Washington Avenue. Old postcards show even more great buildings now gone but overall Evansville has tried to keep some of its old personality and restoration opportunities are available for those who seek the challenges of bringing back old houses. Yes, some of the old buildings have been tacked on with later (insensitive) additions but I've seen much worse. I think Indiana Landmarks Foundation plans to open a branch office in the 1930's Art Deco style Greyhound Bus terminal. Thanks for the photos.