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R & G Furniture Store

R & G Furniture Store

RAZED

R & G Furniture Store

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116-118 Main St
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

c1896 Ichenhauser & Sons builds store
1904 R & G Furniture relocates here
c1939 Remodeled
1967 Out of business
c1968 Razed

Location

District:
Latitude: 37.970355
Longitude: -87.573828
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Architecture


History


Comments

same building in 1888? 6635,4214 same site as maueisen toys? says new

Grand opening July 1896 Eichenhauser & Sons new store (replaced or 2nd store?) 1900 114 and 116-8 main ichenhauser & sons

1902 Ichenhauser & Sons moves to Mackey Building 1904 R & G Furniture moved from 110 and 112 main

1916 remodeled and enlarged (interior?, expanded to 120 main?)

c1939 exterior streamlined, triangle removed and flattend roofline

1959 fire urban renewal forced company to sell. went out of business c1967 bought by redevelopment commission 1968 and later razed


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Businesses / Commercial
HistoricEvansville.com: district

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