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Crescent Furniture Factory
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formerly 701 First Ave
Evansville, IN
Quick Timeline
| c1870 | Furniture factory is built |
| 1889 | Crescent Furniture |
| c1940 | Serves as WPA headquarters |
| 1968 | Old factory is torn down |
Location
Northeast corner of Franklin St and First Ave
District: Lamasco
Latitude: 37.98061
Longitude: -87.574733
Architecture
History
Comments
possibly old union furniture? c1865
1879 s meyer & co fancy and plain furniture 1881 mechanics furniture co is incorporated and takes over vacant? factory
crescent furniture co incorporated 1889 buildings look different rebuilt? c1900
c1913 addition by shopbell
1939 crescent furniture liquidated and building for sale
served as wpa headquarters
finke furniture in 1962 sanborn
razed aug 1968 now strip mall
See also
HistoricEvansville.com: Businesses / Commercial
HistoricEvansville.com: Lamasco district