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Evansville Furniture Co

Evansville Furniture Co
Evansville Furniture Co

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1419 Pennsylvania St, originally 301-305 W Pennsylvania St
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

<1870 built
1879 Factory burns and present one is built
c1900 Additional factory built
>1956 Factory torn down

Location

Northwest corner of Pennsylvania and 6th
District: Lamasco
Latitude: 37.978125
Longitude: -87.584451
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History


Comments

miller karges & co c1867 christiam miller ferd karges ferd weiberg henry stolz INC founded 1870 successors to Miller Karges & Co n s of 4th (penn) bet 6th and 7th aves 15 jan 1879 fire burns down factory

An addition was built across the RR tracks (west) sometime around the turn of the century >1898 <1910 It was later enlarged >1913 <1920 for showrooms

Evansville Furniture Co was bought in 1936 by Universal Furniture Co (wholesale outlet)

The complex was The addition was torn down >1962 <2000 destroyed by fire feb 24 1975

furniture closed 1985 antique mall opened june 1986

closed june 96

now corporate office space


See also

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

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