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Rechtin Lumber Company

Rechtin Lumber Company

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Rechtin Lumber Company

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originally 27 Upper 7th St
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

1872 lumber company builds mill
c1905 expands across st
1949 Destroyed by fire

Location

East corner of 7th and Ingle
District: Downtown
Latitude: 37.976649
Longitude: -87.570305
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john theo richtin 1884 ingle and seventh e corner 1872 on bank of creek theodore e rechtin j t rechtin rechtin lumber bought old Ingle St ME Church property c1905 and built mills theo e rechtin [1910] 7th and ingle 1937 ingle and seventh torn down 1949 for playground burned before it could be torn down fire 5 12 1949 one building (ingle st methodist location) still stood until torn down for lloyd http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:EANX-NB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1462D6A88A61D640&svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&req_dat=0F92E9E8E118A68E Blaze wrecks lumber plant 5/12/49 press +pic


See also

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

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