Articles in: Historic Preservation
- 6 weeks 5 days ago
Although Martin Luther King Jr. Day was yesterday, you can still celebrate the civil rights icon with a week of virtual learning events through the...
- 6 weeks 5 days ago
While the world said Happy New Year on Jan. 1, 2021, we also are saying happy birthday to the state of Indiana. It was 205 years ago when a seemingly...
- 7 weeks 3 days ago
Bundled up in coats, gloves, and scarfs, Evansvillians across the city may be grumbling about the cold chill that’s settled in River City in...
- 8 weeks 3 days ago
Evansville once had a mayor with an extravagant hobby.
This photo from the University of Southern Indiana David L. Rice Library Archives showcases...
- 8 weeks 5 days ago
A fascinating city smack in the middle of the country, Evansville has an interesting person, place, and thing for every letter of the alphabet. The...
- 9 weeks 3 days ago
Haynie’s Corner Arts District always has been a cultural hub in Evansville. Home to several popular businesses and dining establishments over...
- 11 weeks 3 days ago
Tri-State families huddled around their TVs Dec. 14 for another week of Monday Night Football on ESPN. While the crowd watched the Cleveland Browns...
- 12 weeks 3 days ago
Main Street is one of many hopping places to be for shops, restaurants, and businesses in Evansville, but many residents will remember a time when...
- 15 weeks 6 days ago
If you’re a fan of Evansville’s Riverside Historic District and the old neighborhoods surrounding Downtown, your architectural gaze has...
- 15 weeks 6 days ago
Driving along Riverside Drive approaching Downtown Evansville, one enjoys stunning views. Now that scenery includes a 20-foot-tall T-Rex statue....
- 15 weeks 6 days ago
In the late 1930s, Harlem postal worker Victor Hugo Green began a career as a travel agent and set about publishing a travel guide meant to help...
- 15 weeks 6 days ago
The weather could not stop the P-47 Thunderbolt “Tarheel Hal” from coming home Oct. 17, 2020. It took off from Houston, Texas, traveled...
- 15 weeks 6 days ago
A horse of every color beckoned local children to the first carousel that stood on the grounds of Mesker Park Zoo. Built in 1923, the attraction didn...
- 22 weeks 5 days ago
You could say Matt Garnett was made for the firefighting life. The Engine 14 captain for the Evansville Fire Department was born at Welborn Hospital...
- 22 weeks 5 days ago
When Warrick County, Indiana, was formed in 1813, the county line stretched from as far east as Perry County all the way west to the Wabash River....
- 22 weeks 5 days ago
Over the years there have been tales of ghosts, haunted places, unexplained lights, and other supernatural happenings in Evansville, but in 1877 an...
- 22 weeks 5 days ago
Along the western edge of Oak Hill Cemetery in section C, Lot 118 holds a lone grave along with a monument of a woman reaching toward the heavens....
- 22 weeks 5 days ago
After receiving the Indiana Landmarks’ Efroymson Family Endangered Places Grant, the Downtown Evansville Community Development Corporation...
- 32 weeks 2 days ago
On Oct. 31, 1942, Evansville’s shipyard rolled out its first landing ship, tank, otherwise known as the LST. These compact but maneuverable...
- 32 weeks 2 days ago
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum has stood at the end of Third Street across from the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse since 1917.
The...