Historic Evansville

Map of Evansville and Lamasco City 1856

This 1856 street map of Evansville and Lamasco is the oldest map we've found specifically of the area (not including state views). Its index includes nearly 30 of the the oldest historical structures when the town was just starting to grow.

The map highlights the city's additions and enlargements which are color coded. A few sketches are included as well, including a detailed drawing of the riverfront ("Drawn from nature by A G Aldersberg").

An in-depth article about this map appeared in the 2/1/1920 Evansville Journal, though it appears to have misdated the map as 1854.

Notes

Several landmarks are shown on the map but not included in the map's index.

City Wharf and Lamasco Wharf

U.S. Marine Hospital - sketch

Public Square and School House

Poor House - off the State Road

Terminus of the Evansville & Crawfordsville RR

Propsed Terminus of the EI&C straight Line RR - never built

Old Burying Ground

Lamasco Mineral Spring

Wabash & Erie Canal - basins near Vine and 4th and near Canal and Seventh

Newson's Sawmill

Market Place - one on 4th St between Cherry and Oak and one on 7th St between Walnut and Chestnut

Market House - actual structure?

R. M. Evans Homestead

Reference to Public Buildings

ID	Name	Location	Comments
A	Court House and Jail	N corner of Main St and 3rd St	Sketch
B	Crescent City Church	E corner of Main St and 3rd St
C	Presbyterian Church	NE side of 2nd St between Main and Locust	Little Church on the Hill, where placard now stands
D	Neptune Fire Engine House	SW side of 2nd between Main and Locust
E	Methodist Episcopal Church	SE side of Locust St between 2nd and 3rd
F	Cumberland Presbyterian Church	S corner of Chestnut St and 2nd St
G	St. Paul's Episcopal Church and School	S corner of 1st St and Chestnut St
H	New School House	Block of Canal St, 3rd St, Mulberry St, and 4th St	Canal St School (Wheeler), sketch
I	Daily Journal Office	N corner of Water St and Main St
J	Canal Bank	NE side of Water St between Sycamore and Main
K	Branch of the State Bank of Indiana	NW side of Main St between Water and 1st
L	Office of the Daily Reform German Paper	NE side of 1st St between Sycamore and Water
M	Daily Enquirer Office	SW side of 1st St between Division and Vine
N	Office of the Volksbote German Paper	NW side of Vine St between 1st and 2nd	on alley
O	Presbyterian Church	W corner of Vine St and 2nd St
P	German Methodist Church	NW side of Vine St between 2nd and 3rd
Q	German Roman Catholic Church	NE side of 3rd St between Division and Vine	Holy Trinity
R	Second Street Roman Catholic Church	NE side of 2nd St between Sycamore and Main	Assumption
S	Market House, Evansville	SE side of Vine between 1st and 2nd?
T	Phoenix Fire Engine House	SE side of Vine between 1st and 2nd
U	German Protestant Church	W corner of Division St and 8th St
V	Ingle Street Methodist Church	NW side of Ingle St between 7th and 8th	original building
W	German Protestant Church	5th St between Ingle and Division	Looks like "M". Zion? would be a block off
X	German Evan. United St. John's Church	NE side of 3rd St between Ingle and Division
Y	First Baptist Church	NW corner of Clark St and Centre St
Z	African Methodist Church	W side of Clark St between 3rd and 4th
A*	German Lutheran Church	S side of Sixth St (Lamasco) between Fourth and Third	Trinity
B*	Lamasco Market House	Fourth St (Lamasco) between Fulton and Walker
	U.S. Marine Hospital	N side of 2nd St (Lamasco) between Tenth and Wabash	sketch
	Wabash & Erie Canal		Basins near vine and 4th and Canal and Seventh
	Public Square and School House	Franklin between Fulton and Fourth
	Poor House	State Road
	Terminus of the Evansville & Crawfordsville RR	8th St between Main and Locust
	Propsed Terminus of the EI&C straight Line RR		never built
	Old Burying Ground	Mulberry St near 5th St
	Lamasco Mineral Spring	Pigeon Creek near Eleventh
	Newson's Sawmill	Seventh and Franklin
	Market Place	4th St between Cherry and Oak
	Market House	4th St between Locust and Chestnut
	R. M. Evans Homestead	Fifth St / Canal between Main and Locust
	Market Place	7th St between Walnut and Chestnut
	City Wharf

* - "do" in table denotes ditto or "

See full map - Courtesy Indiana State Library - Digital Collections

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