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Indiana Bell Building

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Indiana Bell Building in Evansville
Indiana Bell Building in Evansville

Indiana Bell Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the architectural firm Vonnegut, Bohn, & Mueller and built in 1929 for Indiana Bell. It is a seven-story, Art Deco style limestone clad building.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Indiana Bell Building
Northwest 5th Street, Evansville

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Northwest 5th Street 133
47708 Evansville
Indiana, United States
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Indiana Bell Building in Evansville
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Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse
Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse

The Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, often simply called the "Old Courthouse," was once the center of Vanderburgh County, Indiana government. Construction started in the spring of 1888 and was completed in November 1890. The building was ready to be occupied by the county government in early 1891. It sits in the heart of downtown Evansville. The building was designed by architect Henry W. Wolters of Louisville, Kentucky and constructed by Charles Pearce & Company of Indianapolis. The 19th century German Beaux-Arts architecture masterpiece cost $379,450 to build. The Old Courthouse occupies an entire city block, bounded by Court, Fourth, Vine and Fifth Streets, with each side being encrusted with sculptures and stone carvings in Indiana limestone. The fourteen main statues of human figures are the work of Franz Engelsmann, who studied under the great German masters before setting up his studio in Chicago. In addition, carvings of vegetables, fruits, and flowers indigenous to the area adorn the capitals of the forty-eight pairs of pilasters around the entire building.Before the courthouse was built, the site was a basin where canal boats on the Wabash and Erie Canal would deliver cargo and turn around for the return trip north. After the advent of the railroads and the canal's abandonment, the site was filled in and the courthouse was constructed upon it. A tunnel runs beneath Vine Street connecting the Old Courthouse to the Old Vanderburgh County Jail.