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Agoga Tabernacle
318 SE Fourth St.; c. 1920 (Knecht 316)
Agoga Tabernacle
Rev. J. F. Rake (in front of microphone) delivers sermon to Men's Bible Class broadcast by WGBF radion station (photo from booklet compiled and published by National Radio Personalities in 1939)
Assumption Catholic Church
119 NW Seventh St.; photo taken shortly before church was razed in 1965 (Assumption 2)
Assumption Catholic Church
119 NW Seventh St.; early 1900s (Knecht 3628)
Assumption Catholic Church
Interior of church (Assumption 1)
Baptismal Service
Evansville riverfront; c. 1920s (Knecht 343)
Baptismal Service
Evansville riverfront; early 1900s (Center City 1)
Bayard Park Methodist Church
New addition ; c. 1920s (Knecht 3634)
Bethany Christian Church
A women's Sunday School class; c. 1918 (Knecht 545)
Bethany Church
527 W. Columbia St.; c. 1915 (Knecht 3377)
Bethel Evangelical Church
Photo dated October 22, 1944 (Knecht 3407)
Boys' Choir
Church unidentified; c. 1910-1920 (Knecht 3378)
Camp Reveal
Scenes from camp sponsored by the Rescue Mission; c. 1930 (Knecht 1977)
Camp Reveal
Bethel Chapel; photo taken on May 14, 1941, for the new chapel's dedication on the following Sunday (Knecht 1980)
Cumberland Church
Owensville, IN; c. 1920s (Knecht 5078)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Second St. at Chestnut; c. 1910 (Knecht 3381)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Church choir; Rev. Charles Zapp, pastor, and wife Josephine stand at front center; photo dated 1947 (Zapp 30)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Newburgh, IN)
Main and State Sts.; early 1900s (Knecht 4830)
First Baptist Church
Fourth and Cherry Sts.; c. 1920 (Knecht 3621)
Fourth Street M. E. Church
Adjacent to church is the County Jail on NW Fourth St.; c. 1960 (Meyer-Schlamp 480)
Grace (First) Presbyterian Church
Members of the congregation embarking on a picnic at the intersection of SE Second and Mulberry Sts. (note the Ideal Dairy horse-drawn carriage in the background); c. 1920 (Knecht 4630)
Holy Angels Catholic Church
New Harmony, IN; photo dated July 29, 1947 (Knecht 3416)
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Christmas crib; photo dated 1904 (Center City 20)
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Parsonage under construction NW Third St. (in background is the old Vanderburgh County Courthouse); early 1900s (Knecht 3627)
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
View of interior; early 1900s (Knecht 3373)
Howell Baptist Church
C. 1920 (Knecht 3623)
Liberty Baptist Church
701 Oak St.; photo taken by Joan C. Marchand, c. 1979 (Marchand 89)
Little Church on the Hill
Regarded as Evansville's first church building; erected on SE Second St. in 1832 between Main and Locust; later merged with other congregations and evolved into First Presbyterian Church (Meyer-Schlamp 329)
Little Sisters of the Poor
1236 Lincoln Ave.; c. early 1900s (Knecht 4022)
McCutchanville United Methodist Church
Petersburg Rd.; c. 1996 (17PC 98)
McFarland Community Center Baptist Church
Located at 324 SE Fifth St.; c. 1920 (Knecht 3624)
New Cumberland Church
Owensville, IN; c. 1930 (Knecht 5078)
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Walnut St. near Kentucky Ave. (now the Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church); early 1900s (Knecht 792)
Outdoor Church Meeting
Near a river bank; photo dated August 12, 1930 (Knecht 3626)
Pleasant Chapel General Baptist Church
1305 W. Florida St.; photo dated September 5, 1983 (5PC-129)
Poor Clare Monastery
S. Kentucky Ave. (now the Christian Life Center); c. 1910 (Knecht 3382)
Rescue Mission
Auto Chapel; photo dated 1920 (Knecht 907)
Rescue Mission
Group posed in front of the Rescue Mission at 21 SE Second St.; c. 1920s (Knecht 802)
Rescue Mission (NEW PHOTO)
Founded in Evansville in 1917 and located at 216-222 Locust St.; c. early 1960s (Miscellaneous Collection)
Salem United Methodist Church
Kratzville Rd.; c. 1920 (Stone 1)
Salvation Army
Chapel and Youth Center on S. Lodge; c. 1952 (Knecht 1996)
Salvation Army
NW Second St.; photo dated March 30, 1961 (Redevelopment Commission 148)
Santa Claus Methodist Camp Ground and Church
Santa Claus, IN; 1930s (Knecht 5170)
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Interior view (pre-1923) of church at 712 First Ave. (Knecht 423)
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Built in 1894 on Firsts Ave. at Columbia St.; photo taken c. 1979 (Marchand 409)
St. Benedict Catholic Church
Parish farmers excavating the church's foundation in the 1300 block of Lincoln Ave.; photo dated 1913 (Titzer 1)
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Wabash Ave.; c. early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 1029)
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Main entrance; photo dated October 13, 1984 (6PC 24)
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Virginia St. near Garvin St.; c. 1930 (Misc. 583)
St. Lucas Evangelical and Reformed Parish House
33 W. Virginia St.; dedicated January 7, 1940 (Knecht 3410)
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
430 Washington Ave.; c. 1980 (Marchand 1321)
St. Meinrad Abbey
Concert band, directed by Father John Thuis, OSB; dated 1940 (Knecht 5188)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
SE First St.; c. 1930 (Knecht 3387)
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Photo dated July 10, 1940 (Knecht 3376)
Third Street, 401 SE
Originally First Baptist Church (until c. 1922), then home to Congregation B'Nai Moshe, and later Bethany Apostolic Church; razed in the 1990s, shortly after photo was taken (20PC 25)
Third Street, 401 SE
Interior of building photographed shortly before the building's demolition in the 1990s (20PC 26)
Trinity Lutheran Church
1000 W. Illinois St.; one of the city's earliest churches and originally a German-speaking congregation; c. 1980 (Marchand Collection 394)
Trinity M. E. Church
Residences being razed on SE Third St. in preparation for the construction of a new church hall; 1925 (Knecht 3418)
United Hebrew Institute
120 NW Sixth St.; early 1900s (Deeds 32)
Vanderburgh County Christian Home
1615 N. Fulton Avenue, Evansville, IN; photo dated 1958 (Knecht 937)
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Early 1900s (Knecht 3411)
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Church float participating in parade on Seventh St. (in front of Assumption Church); c. 1920 (Knecht 3431)
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Early location at Second and Main Sts.; the church's school building is at the right; c. 1861 (Knecht 859)
Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church
C. 1920s (Knecht 789)
Washington Avenue Temple
B'Nai Israel Congregation, 100 Washington Ave.; c. 1980, shortly before it was destroyed by fire, except for the tower at left (Marchand 1311)
Washington Avenue Temple
Aftermath of a fire in 1919 (Knecht 3632)
Washington Avenue Temple
Interior of temple after a fire in 1919 (Knecht 3633)
Washington Avenue Temple
C. late 1970s (Marchand 51)
Washington Avenue Temple
Photo dated July 13, 1920 (Knecht 3415)
Yankeetown Baptist Church
Warrick County; early 1900s (Riggs 20)
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