Bauer Building

The building at 621 Main St was built in 1897 for Rouscher & Miller, dealers in choice and fancy groceries produce feed. Located at the southeast corner of Main and Delaware, it was also a corner saloon. But what makes the building unique is that it is an old Mesker storefront.  Evansville’s own Geo L. Mesker & Co. produced steel facades that could readily be applied to commercial buildings to add great ornamentation and detail cheaply.

Bauer Building at 621 and 619 N Main St
Bauer Building at 621 and 619 N Main St

The building was originally addressed 1823 Main St and built to serve the growing North Main St.  It soon became Marby’s grocery and later H Langhorst grocer.  At some point Bauer took over the building and “M Bauer” was added to the parapet atop the building.

Mesker plaque on Bauer Building
Mesker plaque on the Bauer Building

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Front facade of the Bauer Building
The building at 619 N Main St (to the right, south) was built sometime around 1930.   Through the years the buildings were a variety of concerns such as the North Side Shoe Shop, the Banner Food Market and the Koressel Market.  Below is a view of the North Main area in 1947.

N Main St 1947 with the Bauer building in blue
N Main St 1947 with the Bauer building in blue

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From the 1970s until the mid 1980s, Turoni’s Pizzeria was situated there. It later moved across the street into its present location.

Turonis in the old Bauer building before moving across the street
Turoni’s in the old Bauer building before moving across the street

For several years it was the Evansville Police Department’s North office. When the branch moved in the old Christa McAuliffe alternative school at Columbia and Governor, the old building sat vacant. Recently it has found new life as the home of Jacobsville Join In, a neighborhood organization serving the North Main area.  See http://jacobsvillejoinin.com for more information

Looking at the southeast corner of Main and Delaware
Bauer Building looking at the corner of Main and Delaware

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