Reproduction map of
Evansville, Indiana, published in 1888. Originally settled as "McGary's
Landing" in 1812. Hugh McGary, Jr., renamed his settlement Evansville in
honor of Colonel Robert Morgan Evans, an officer in the War of 1812.
When Vanderburgh County was created in 1818, Evansville was made the
county seat.
The completion of the Wabash and Erie Canals in
1853, which connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River, combined with
the arrival of Evansville's first railroad, the Evansville &
Crawfordsville Railroad, greatly accelerated the town's growth. Just ten
years after this map was published, Evansville ranked as the 56th
largest urban area in the United States.
The map features
detailed illustrations inset around the margins of the following sites:
Business Mens Assn.
Building.
City Hall.
Vanderburgh County Court House.
State
Asylum for the Insane.
"Continuation from corner Alabama St. & Tenth
Ave."
Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River below Evansville.
Heilman Plow Works.
Heilman Machine Works.
Armstrong Furniture Co.
Warerooms & Office, 107-109 & 111 1st St.
Geo. P. Heilman & Co.
Hominy Mills.
Our Soap Factory.
L. Puster & Co. Furniture Factory.
F. W. Cook Brewing Company.
Read, McCoy & Co., Real Estate.
Features numbered & lettered
references to the following locations:
2. Read, McCoy &
Co., Real Estate, 422 Main St.
3. Blount Plow Co., Sole
Manufacturers of Blount's True Blue Steel Plows.
4. Geo. L. Mesker
& Co., Architectural Iron Works.
5. Thos. Scantlin & Son, Iron
Founders, Manufacturers of Stoves, Mantles & Sorgho Machine Works.
6. Melrose Milling Co., Flouring Mills.
7. Wm. Bell, Real Estate
and Loan Agent, 315 (upper) 3d St.
8. Bement & Seits, Wholesale
Grocers.
10. Lemeke Bros., & Johnson, proprietors, Evansville Woolen
Mills.
11. Geo. Lemnert, manufacturer of Cigars and dealer in
Tobacco.
12. Sunnyside Coal & Coke Co.
13. Lottie Hotel and Dining
Hall, Jos. Meyer, proprietor, 215 Locust St.
14. H. E. Read, Jr., Real Estate Agent, 325 (upper) 3d St.
15.
Schooner Hall and Restaurant, Krl Zeidler, proprietor, 204 (upper) 4th
St.
16. Hinson & Campbell, Real Estate Agents, in Griess' Block.
17. Reid Bros., Architects and Superintendents, Merchants Bank building.
18. Sebastian Heinrich, Abstract of Title to Real Estate, 318 Main St.
19. A. M Schneider & Co., Job Printers, manufacturers of Rubber Stamps,
Agents Victor Bicycle Co.
20. Smith's Hotel, Will. H. Ruston,
proprietor.
21. M. Weil & Son, Insurance 219 (up.) 3d Street.
22.
Parsons & Scoville, Wholesale Grocers.
A. New county court house,
4th street between Vine and Division.
B. Custom house and post
office, 2d street between Vine and Sycamore.
I. City Hall and
council chamber.
D. Gas Works, corner 5th Ave. and Penn street.
2. St. Mary's hospital, N. S. Vermont between Wabash Ave. & 10th Ave.
X. City Hospital, corner 2d and Vine.
Y. City Water Works, corner
Water and Mulberry near Main.
V. Evansville Electric Light station
N. S. Division.
Presbyterian Churches all marked L.
Methodist
Episcopal Churches marked M.
Baptist Churches all marked N.
Lutheran Churches all marked O.
Protestant Episcopal Churches marked P.
Roman Catholic Churches all
marked R.
Jewish all marked J.
German Evangelica marked E.
Christian Church marked C.
Public Schools marked S C.
Evansville
Fire Department, 7 & S.
Evansville Fire Department Hose Co. No. 1
through No. 9
42. Evansville Fire Department Steam Engine
39.
Evansville Fire Department Chemical Fire Engine Co. No. 1.
23. Wm.
Hughes, Wholesale Millinery and Notions.
24. Ed. Baker, Fruits and
Produce.
25. C. W. Barenfanger, manufacturer of Carriages and Spring
Wagons.
26. Willem & Rogers, Grocery and Saloon.
27. A. W.
Carpenter, proprietor, Carpenter's Block, Real Estate Dealer, office 4
Carpenter Street.
28. Jno. Letsch, Wholesale Harness and Collar
manufacturer, 510 Fulton Ave.
29. Phil. Geissler, General Insurance,
Real Estate and Loan Agent.
30. Liederkranz Hall and Saloon, Jacob
Mayer, proprietor.
31. H. H. Uhlhorn, proprietor, Marble, Stone and
Granite Works, Edgar and Penn Streets.
32. Davidson, Blount & Co.,
WagonFactory, corner, 5th and Locust.
33. S. Biedermann, proprietor,
White River Valley Coal Mines.
34. City Planing Mills, Jno. S.
McCorkle, proprietor, 723 Walnut Street.
35. Hermann Bros.,
Manufacturing Co., Wagons and Farm Machinery, N.E. corner Main and
Illinois Street.
36. August Schmitt, Stoves, Tinware and Pumps.
37. Lahr, Hopkins & Co., Dry Goods. |
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