Author: Joe Engler

Welcome to Kasson

Joe Engler

Orginally posted 4/16/2010

Sign greeting travelers to the old town of Kasson along New Harmony Rd
Sign greeting travelers to the old town of Kasson along New Harmony Rd

Kasson was a town located at the intersection of Big Cynthiana Rd and New Harmony Rd in German Township.  Older maps first show the town around 1850s and indicate it was also called Germantown. By the late 1800s, it had an ice house, a wagon and blacksmith shop, a saloon and a post office. The Five-Mile House, now razed, was located across from the Old Mill and provided lodging for those heading to and from Evansville on the first/last 5-mile leg of the trip (the exact distance to the Courthouse).

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In 1879 Dr Edwin Walker, founder of what was eventually Welborn Hospital, helped procure a physician for the tiny community. Dr Carl Moutoux came from Louisville, Ky and built an elegant home in town. He also erected a mill to supplement his income. The Nunn Better Milling Co produced livestock feed and bird seed in addition to flour and corn meal.

Kasson School was built c1920 as German Township School No 8. After the township schoolhouses consolidated, the school served the surrounding area until Cynthia Heights was built. It was later apartments and a bridal shop.

When IN-66 was expanded, the four-lane highway bypassed New Harmony Rd, paralleling to the north.  The new route bisected Big Cynthiana Rd splitting the old road through Kasson (it also bisected Allens Ln). A new route, Resurrection Dr, connected the roads next to Resurrection Catholic Church, built there in the 1950s. The old segment is now called Old Cynthiana Rd with both sections dead ending.

Scottish Rite – the former First Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Joe Engler

Originally posted 2/1/2010

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now the Scottish Rite, at the corner of Chestnut and 2nd circa 1910
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now the Scottish Rite, at the corner of Chestnut and 2nd circa 1910

I always thought the Scottish Rite was an eccentric building.  We had school dances there including my senior prom.  When I was doing research I discovered the old First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, sometimes called Chestnut St Church, at that same location.  I started looking into it and found out that that church and the Scottish Rite are one in the same and you can still see details of the old building if you look closely.

First Cumberland Presbyterian, built in 1876 to replace the old church across the street, was a beautiful church (shown at left around the turn of the century) that dominated the skyline with its massive towers.  It prospered for many years at this corner until the Cumberland Presbyterian church merged back with the Presbyterian church.  The congregation joined with Grace Presbyterian in 1909 and moved into their church at 2nd and Mulberry in an equally splendid building.  The vacated church was then sold to the Masons and used as a Shriners Temple / Masonic Lodge

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We are still looking for the specific deatils but sometime in the 1960s or 70s the corner tower was removed and the front addition was built completely changing the street presence of the building.  A current view of the Scottish Rite from the side (along 2nd St) and from the rear really give you a feel of the magnitude and scale of the original church.

Scottish Rite today from a similar angle
Scottish Rite today from a similar angle

First Cumberland Presbyterian on HistoricEvansville.com
http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=cumberlandpresby

Then and Now: Owl’s Home

Joe Engler

Originally posted 1/8/2010
Update: the Owls relocated and the old home was razed May 2012

As an homage to the First Avenue area, we’re highlighting 407 N First Ave. The house was built in the late 19th century as a residence for Ed Boetticher of Boetticher Kellogg & Co.

In 1924, the Owls moved from next to the jail and the house at the northeast corner of First and Michigan became their lodge. Several additions and the removal of the tower really take away from the grandeur of the home but the lintels around the window hint of what once was.

As a side note, his partner Charles Kellogg lived in another mansion that lost its tower at 1113 Parrett St, now being reused as part of Kirby’s catering.

(407 N First Ave) on HistoricEvansville.com
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Boetticher Residence c1895
Boetticher Residence c1895
New Owls' Home circa 1923
New Owls’ Home circa 1923

Owl's Home - now razed
Owl’s Home as it looks now