The low-slung mid-century homes enveloping an area from Bellemeade to Washington avenues are handsome, well-kept, and an album of the city’s post-war suburban growth. The Hebron Meadows district’s 86 homes incorporate a variety of architectural styles, including neo-classical, contemporary, vernacular, and mid-century modern. This district “represents custom development of single-family homes with varying architectural styles that depict national housing design trends of the post-World War II era,” says Kolbi Jackson, executive director of the city’s Department of Metropolitan Development.
DMD celebrated Hebron Meadows’ acceptance into the National Register of Historic Places by unveiling a marker near Meadow Road and Washington Avenue in May. Unlike Evansville’s nine other historic and preservation districts, the 52.6-acre district is younger, the city’s first post-war district on the National Register. “Districts such as these should be celebrated for their preservation of local history, culture, and ability to tell stories of the past through architectural contributions,” Jackson says.
