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Nisbet Residence (310 SE 1st)

Nisbet Residence (310 SE 1st)

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310-2 SE 1st St, formerly 610 upper 1st
Evansville, IN

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1878-80 House is built

Location

District: Riverside
Latitude: 37.967076353502
Longitude: -87.571715712547
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Watkins F. Nisbet prominent dry goods merchant 1878-80stately residence with tower set off-center and the masses that flanked them were unlike in size and proportion, producing an informal composition travers home 8/10 children 3 servants second empire/victorian robert boyd & henry brickley
travis residence and boarding house 1910s
Bough by Crescent Club Mar 1920. Proposed Crescent Club 1922 but chose/stayed? Shriners instead good article in 3/15/20 ec possible home of klan 1923
apartment building for many years now single-family house again ornate slate mansard roof with dormers, intricate window heads, front and side bays, front porch, ornamented chimney, and bracketed roof eaves


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Residences / Domestic
HistoricEvansville.com: Riverside district

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