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Hughes Building

Hughes Building

RAZED

Hughes Building

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a.k.a. Eichel Block

Evansville, IN

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1892 Built
1951 Building partially damaged by Economy fire, portion torn down
1984 razed

Location

North corner of 3rd and main
District: Downtown
Latitude: 37.971337
Longitude: -87.572021
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History


Comments

built 1892 reused part of the old courthouse (razed 1891) foundation schultz opened store 1905 schultz cloak house (300), blackman & lunkenheimer (302), william hughes millinery & furnishing (304-6), max dejongs (308), smith & butterfield (310) [1900] blackman and hughes store 304-306 moved c1910 dejong 309 center section remodeled as dejongs c1930 (destroyed by fire) http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=629206 also eichel block/building first 2/5 called intermediate life bldg also cleveland life 1940s 2/3 razed ? possibly 51 fire? burned in fire 1951 bernard shultz dept store first 2/5 different facade http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=958003 http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=956321 schultz building burned down mar 15 1984 jaya article http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=817963 did original finally burn or replacement building? or different corner altogether?


See also

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

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