Articles in: Historic Preservation

In the earliest days of white settlement in the Evansville region, one of the most harrowing stories unfolded in the life of a child named Isaac...

In 1872, before the McCurdy Hotel occupied its riverside location, entrepreneur David J. Mackey purchased the property at the corner of First and...

What do Lucy Himstedt, Katie Couric, Jean Brubeck, Hillary Clinton, and the late Isabella Fine all have in common? They are all great women, and they...

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Evansville, we’re devoting the back page of Evansville Living – the Final Detail...

When Andrew Carnegie, a 19th century industrialist and philanthropic powerhouse, accumulated his multimillion-dollar fortune through his family...

In 1811, Hugh McGary lived in a small cabin near what is now Princeton, Ind. The fur trader traveled often to see the friendlier Indian tribes in the...

So beloved is the 1939 Greyhound terminal, built in the Art Moderne style and clad in enameled steel panels, that it has been depicted on postcards....

Rebuilt to Last In our feature, “He Rebuilt This City,” we share how Ben Kunkel, an architect, transforms historic buildings in...

Every weekday, when Jeffrey Justice wakes up in his home along Petersburg Road, he readies for work. Sometimes, he wears a tie; other days, he...

In April 2008, hundreds of lawyers filled what once was the Wedgwood Hall of the Old Courthouse. The meeting that day of the Evansville Bar...

Made from Indiana limestone, 14 allegorical figures top the Old Courthouse. Craftsman Franz Englesmann began sculpting for the impressive courthouse...

Thomas Garvin arrived in Evansville in the mid-19th century with $7 in his pocket. He soon became a prominent lawyer. The white-collar worker bought...

When Albion Fellows married Hilary Bacon, a prominent Evansville businessman, she quit her job as a court stenographer and lived a tranquil,...

When Tess Grimm first entered the Reitz Home in 1973, the water-damaged First Street mansion was without electricity and covered in dirt and dust....

Today, Deaconess and St. Mary’s health systems employ thousands of Tri-State residents, maintain large medical campuses, and offer state-of-the...

Before the Evansville Living Downtown Idea Home opened to the public in September, Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel noted, “Our hope is that the home...

When longtime Evansville Living subscriber Susan Pickens visited South Carolina nearly a decade ago, she toured Coastal Living magazine’s Idea...

“In its heyday, Washington Avenue was a grand residential corridor. It was a gateway into our city.” — Dennis Au, Evansville...

Don’t tell Robin Church Wolf that the only time homeowners run into trouble with the Historic Preservation Commission is when approval is...

Historic Preservation Commission members want to be friends with their community, according to commission member Dr. Timothy Crowley. “We...