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Residences
Blackford Avenue, 1003 E.
C. 1920s (Knecht 3891)
Blackford Avenue, 839
Built by C. E. Finke; c. 1920 (Knecht 3847)
Buckingham Apartments
SE Third at Cherry St.; photo dated 1921 (Knecht 3716)
Carpenter Home
Located at 405 Carpenter St., this Greek Revival mansion was built by philanthropist Willard Carpenter in 1848-1849; photo taken c. 1979 (Marchand 503)
Carpenter Home
405 Carpenter St.; c. 1980 (Marchand 502)
Evansville College President's Home
Under construction on Lincoln Ave.; photo dated 1929 (Knecht 2341)
Evansville Protestant Home
"Home for the Aged" on Washington Ave.; c. 1930 (Crofts 16)
Fifth Street, 213-215 NW
Richardt-Patrick House (now razed); c. 1979 (Marchand 367)
First Avenue, 407
Early 1900s (Knecht 3877)
First Avenue, 419
C. 1979 (Marchand 321)
First Avenue, 611
Built in 1869 by William Heilman, later U. S. Congressman; now occupied by St. Vincent's Day Nursery; photo dated 1983 (5PC-112)
First Street, 118 SE
Cadick Apartments; c. 1920s (Knecht 3350)
First Street, 200 Block SE
Center residence is the home of Thomas Garvin at 214 SE First St. (the woman on the porch is probably his wife); photo dated 1870 9Marchand 1542)
First Street, 310 SE
C. 1980 (Powell 6)
First Street, 313-315 SE
(Marchand 346)
First Street, 313-315 SE
(Marchand 347)
First Street, 414 SE
C. Late 1800s-early 1900s (Orr-Clifford Collection)
First Street, 420 SE
(Marchand 348)
First Street, 500 SE
Photo dated c. 1979 (Marchand 294)
First Street, 506 SE
Photo dated c. 1979 (Marchand 300)
First Street, 509 SE
C. 1920s (Susan Hopkins Ingle Collection)
First Street, 509-511 SE
Greenbrier (Marchand 337)
First Street, 510 SE
Early 1900s (Knecht 3867)
First Street, 514 SE
C. late 1800s to early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 340)
First Street, 521 SE
(Powell 8)
First Street, 620 SE
(Marchand 331)
First Street, 704 SE
Photo dated c. 1983 (Marchand 302)
First Street, 725 SE
C. 1920 (Knecht 3725)
First Street, 813 SE
Residence of Mayor Benjamin Bosse; built in 1916 (Misc. 571)
First Street, 821 SE
C. 1920 (Knecht 3724)
First Street, 827 SE
John H. Fendrich residence; photo dated 1917 (Knecht 950)
First Street, 827 SE
Close-up view of John H. Fendrich residence; c. 1920s (Knecht 3852)
Fowler Residence (Newburgh, IN)
J. M. Fowler residence near the Ohio River; the electric power plant is in the background at right; early 1900s (Knecht 4834)
Franklin Street, 2200 W
Residence and Meat Market of Peter Hess, as it appeared in the 1880 Vanderburgh County Atlas (Marchand 1050)
Fulton Avenue, 1407
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Cluthe and child stand at gate; c. 1900 (Cluthe 45)
Fulton Avenue, 620
Photo dated October 1997 (18PC 4)
Fulton Square Housing Project
N. Fifth and Shanklin Aves.; photo dated June 1957 (Knecht 874)
Guardian Home
Located on Lincoln Ave. at Morton, the children's home served as the USO Center for African-American soldiers during World War II and later became the Carver Center; c. 1920s (Knecht 326)
Helfrich Lane, 700
Photo taken c. 1976 (Marchand 1072)
Houseboats
Pigeon Creek, north of Franklin St. bridge; photo dated 1957 (Knecht 344)
Houseboats
Boats relocated from Pigeon Creek to the Ohio River after "Operation Cleanup"; photo dated May 20, 1957 (Knecht 938)
James Bethel Gresham Memorial Home
Built as a memorial to James Bethel Gresham, an Evansville soldier regarded as the first American casualty of World War I; Gresham's mother, who died at the home in 1927, is pictured at the right (Knecht 531)
Kentucky Avenue, 808
Built by Daniel Wertz in 1922 (Misc. 575)
Lincoln Avenue (Outer)
Built by John R. Mitchell; c. 1915 (Knecht 3895)
Lincoln Avenue, 2200
C. 1920s (Knecht 3880)
Lincoln Avenue, 2201
C. 1920 (Knecht 3888)
Lincoln Avenue, 3500 Block
This home was located on "Outer Lincoln Avenue" when it was built c. 1917 (Knecht 3879)
Lincoln Gardens
Nearing the end of construction; dated 1937 (Knecht 3366)
Lincoln Gardens
C. 1997 (18PC 8)
Log Cabin
Remains of a log residence on Middle Mt. Vernon Rd. (Westwood Apartments in background); photo dated 1984 (6PC 42)
Log Cabin
Close-up view of log residence on Middlde Mt. Vernon Rd.; photo dated 1984 (6PC 45)
Madison Avenue, 1060
New stucco home in Hart Place (Akin Park neighborhood); c. 1919 (Knecht 505)
Mt. Auburn Road
Illing residence shortly after construction; c. 1920 (Cluthe 134)
Oak Summit Road
Residence of Joe Helfrich, lumber manufacturer; c. 1920 (Knecht 3885)
Orphans Home
C. 1910 (Knecht 4021)
Parrett Street, 1112
Detail of window; photo dated 1985 (Marchand 166)
Parrett Street, 1112
Detail of upper building; photo dated 1985 (Marchand 164)
Parrett Street. 1112
Photo taken during the winter of 1977-1978 (Marchand 159)
Powell, 102 E
Laval House; photo dated 1983 (Marchand 206)
Powell, 844 E.
Photo dated 1920 (Knecht 3907)
Rathbone Home
SE Second St.; early 1900s (Knecht 4216)
Rathbone Home
1320 SE Second St.; photo dated 1981 (Marchand 252)
Reitz Home
Located at 224 SE First St., this was originally the residence of the Reitz family (now a museum); photo c. 1979 (1PC-25)
Reitz Home
Entrance hall; c. 1981 (3PC 38)
Reitz Home
Detail of iron fence; photo dated December 1985 (7PC 36)
Reitz Home
224 SE First St. (now the Reitz Home Museum); photo dated 1935 (Knecht 3988)
River Camp
Henderson Rd.; photo dated December 1985 (7PC 43)
Riverside Drive, 220 SE
Hartmetz residence; c. 1980 (Powell 15)
Riverside Drive, 731 SE
Early 1900s (Igleheart Collection)
Second Street, 1167 SE
James and Jennie Blackman, with their children Margaret and Sutton, sit in the front yard; c. 1890 (Marchand 52)
Second Street, 1403 SE
Photo dated c. 1981 (Marchand 256)
Second Street, 211
Built by Herman Fendrich in the 1860s; photo taken shortly before it was razed in 1941 (Knecht 992)
Sixth Street, 601-613 S
Originally the Rosencranz Terrace Apartments; c. 1980 (Marchand 1307)
Stratford Apartments
Under construction at intersection of Washington Ave. and Parrett St.; c. 1912 (Knecht 3920)
Sunset Avenue, 302
C. 1920 (Knecht 499)
Sunset Avenue, 600
Originally the Charles Cook residence; dated 1946 (Knecht 2140)
Sunset Avenue, 620
Photo dated January 1921 (Knecht 3881)
Sunset Avenue, 700
C. 1920 (Knecht 3912)
Sunset Avenue, 808
Photo dated 1928 (Knecht 3878)
Third Avenue, 410-412
Italianate double house (built c. 1860) as it appears c. 1983 (5PC-35)
Wabash Avenue, 110
Photo dated November 1920 (Knecht 3991)
Walnut Street, 110
Currently used as an apartment building, but originally housed Greek-Shears Mortuary; c. 1999 (21PC 24)
Washington Avenue, 301
The Philip Euler family standing on the porch of their residence; c. 1900 (Euler 1)
Washington Avenue, 314
C. 1915 (Knecht 3832)
Washington Avenue, 419
(Powell 18)
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