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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Evansville
Evansville, Indiana and Vicinity
▶ Vanderburgh County (10) ▶ Gibson County (12) ▶ Posey County (15) ▶ Warrick County (7) ▶ Henderson County, Kentucky (32)
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| On Vine Street west of NW 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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*A Founder of The Working Girls
Association in 1907, which became The
YWCA of Evansville in 1911*
*Early twentieth century advocate of
housing and social reforms on local, state
and national levels*
*Crusader for welfare of women and
. . . — — Map (db m116887) HM |
| Near Southeast Riverside Drive at Cherry Street. |
| | During the time of the Civil War local home guard mobilized in Sunset Park to protect the city from impending rebel raids and attacks from hostile gunboats operating on the Ohio River. — — Map (db m88982) HM |
| On Northwest 3rd Street south of Court Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Holy Trinity Parish was established in 1849 to serve a German-American population.
One hundred years later in 1949 its status was changed from a German “national” church to a territorial parish.
It is the oldest . . . — — Map (db m116889) HM |
| On Sycamore Street east of NW 4th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Side 'One'
Built in 1920 for financier and philanthropist William H. McCurdy (1853-1930), president of Old National Bank. Constructed of reinforced concrete with poured concrete floors, employing architectural developments newly pioneered for . . . — — Map (db m47820) HM |
| Near North Water Street at Walnut Street. |
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Side 1
U.S. Congress passed flood control acts 1936-1938 after disastrous floods, including one on Ohio River when water crested at 53.7 feet in Evansville January 31, 1937. This project authorized August 1937; U.S. Army Corps of . . . — — Map (db m88987) HM |
| On NW 4th Street south of Court Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Side ‘One’
Vanderburgh County formed, Evansville named county seat 1818. This castle-like structure was completed 1890 for county’s fourth jail and second sheriff’s residence. Stone exterior has step-gables, projecting turrets, crenellated . . . — — Map (db m65225) HM |
| On NW 4th Street at Vine Street, on the right when traveling north on NW 4th Street. |
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On March 2, 1827, Congress provided a land grant to encourage Indiana to build the Wabash & Erie Canal. The original plan was to link the navigable water of the Maumee with the Wabash through the seven mile portage at Fort Wayne. Work began five . . . — — Map (db m48241) HM |
| On Vine Street at NW 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Vine Street. |
| | Service Star Legion War Mothers
Gresham Chapter
Erected this marker in 1926
in memory of Vanderburgh Co.
Boys who gave their lives
in the service of the
• • 1917 • • • World War • • • 1918 • •
( Row One ) . . . — — Map (db m48103) WM |
| On NW 4th Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on NW 4th Street. |
| | Dedicated to the Heroes of Vanderburgh
County of World War II
( Panel - - One )
( Row One )
Hans Aabel • Pascal Abney • James Ambler • Leroy R. Angel • Jesse Leo Appel • John L. Bailey • Newell R. Bailey • James R. Bain • . . . — — Map (db m48289) WM |
| On NW 5th Street at Vine Street, on the left when traveling north on NW 5th Street. |
| | Completed from Lake Erie to Evansville, 1853. Used till 1865. Passing from 5th St. to 1st Ave., canal widened into basin for docks covering part of this square. — — Map (db m47817) HM |
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