Downtown in Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
McCurdy Hotel
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
1. McCurdy Hotel Marker
of Interior
has placed this property on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.
Location. 37° 58.131′ N, 87° 34.417′ W. Marker is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Southeast 1st Street and Locust Street, on the right when traveling south on Southeast 1st Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 SE 1st St, Evansville IN 47708, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ohio River Levee (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Evansville's World War II Effort (about 600 feet away); In Victorian Splendor (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Camp (approx. 0.2 miles away); Albion Fellows Bacon (approx. ¼ mile away); YWCA (approx. ¼ mile away); Holy Trinity Parish Sesquicentennial (approx. 0.3 miles away); McCurdy - Sears Building (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Evansville.
Regarding McCurdy Hotel. Excerpt
this page online
Construction of this Colonial Revival landmark was an event linked to the completion of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum. Both buildings were ready for occupancy in 1917; the Coliseum as the city's first major public gathering place and the McCurdy as "convention headquarters in Evansville." St. Louis architect H. Ziegler Dietz drew up the plans for the hotel, and the building soon became part of the system of hotels managed by the Van Orman family. The McCurdy was one of three large pre-Depression hotels erected in the Downtown; the Hotel Sonntag remains, and the Hotel Vendome is long-gone. The McCurdy replaced another hotel on the site, the St. George, which was not more than a generation old when razed.
Also see . . .
1. McCurdy Hotel. Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory card (PDF) and photograph (separate PDF) submitted for the building's National Register status. (National Park Service) (Submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. McCurdy Hotel. It was named after Col. William H McCurdy, local industrialist and investor. (Historic Evansville) (Submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
2. McCurdy Hotel Marker
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
3. Former McCurdy Hotel
It is now an apartment building.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 79 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
