North Main walking tour 6/18

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North Main

Knotty Pine meets its end

Knotty Pine around the time it closed
Knotty Pine around the time it closed

The Knotty Pine at the northwest corner of Main and Virginia
dates back to around 1894. It was built for J August Ritter who relocated his confectionery here from W Franklin St.
Ritter was a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in candies. He and his wife Henrietta lived upstairs.

Entry for J August Ritter's confectionery from the 1899 city directory
Entry for J August Ritter’s confectionery from the 1899 city directory

Around 1914 the store became Becker’s Confectionery. It continued for a number of years until the mid 1940s when it became Stewart’s Confectionery.

Todd's Cafe 1950
Todd’s Cafe 1950

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Around 1950 the building became a restaurant. Todd’s Cafe was open 24 hours and specialized in plate lunches. It was around this time Shirley Todd, the proprietor, built an addition in the rear along Virginia St.

About 1958 the restaurant became Dottie’s. Service around the clock was continued by its new owners Harold and Dorothy Townsend.

In 1962 the restaurant became the the Knotty Pine Cafe as most will remember it.

1964 ad for the Knotty Pine Cafe
1964 ad for the Knotty Pine Cafe

The Knotty Pine operated at the corner for nearly half a century. Economics forced the restaurant to close around late 2011.  It was torn down last week.

Waterworks Collapse 1904

Water Works collapse
Water Works collapse 111 years ago

The new Water Works was built from 1898-1900 after the original one closer to downtown became obsolete.  The land where the plant resides today was purchased in 1895 and has been in service ever since.  There was however a fiasco in 1904 that almost saw the new structure become short-lived.

Water Works postcard c1900
Water Works postcard c1900 (Courtesy Thomas E and Gina Topper Collection, EVPL)

A cave in at the Water Works emerged around New Year’s Day 1904.  It was near the intake and was only 50 feet away from the river-facing wall.  The collapse ate out the ground and caused cracks in the building.

Almost immediately, the old West End pumping station was prepared for emergency use.  The original Water Works on Riverside Dr, which had been abandoned since the new one became operational, was also considered.

Water Works
Cartoon of the Water Works asking for help January 8, 1904.  The building at right is the original Water Works that was abandoned when the new one was built

Additional cave ins occurred January 9 and the dry well, and caisson were abandoned.  A new trench along the route of intake pipes was proposed. There was some concern that water supply to city would be affected, but the water department assured it would not.

Water Works
Continued problems for the new Water Works plant

The administration brought in an expert engineer from St Louis.  Walter Luddington designed an interlocking steel piling to seal off work around the dry well.  The cave in kept growing larger and mud passing into pipes January 27 forced the Water Works to post a worker at the old plant and the West End Station too.  The Courier was very against the administration and demanded who would pay for the repairs and reported an incident where the Akin-Erskine mill had its machines clogged by muddy water.  Contrarily, the Journal-News downplayed any problems and said the muddy water was due to high flood waters and not the present issue.

On January 30, Cincinnati Water Works offered to send Evansville a pump boat, but their boat was in disrepair and would need fixing.  To make matters worse, the river wall of the Water Works was showing signs of settling, and it was claimed that the auxiliary stations were incapable of handling the whole load of the city.  Nonetheless superintendent Charles Thuman remained optimistic that the Water Works would soon be restored.

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Water Works
Cave in in the basement of the Water Works February 3, 1904

On February 3, a section of the basement caved in and pipes broke at the entrance to the caisson.  This would most likely cause the intake to choke, and it was feared the plant would have to shut down.  The outer wall sank 8-12 inches, and a collapse was expected .  The next day the roof was braced, and the plant was closed to the public.  Things seem to worsen as the Cincinnati pump boat was delayed by ice, and Luddington was called back from St Louis to build new intakes.

Water Works
Braced wall at the Water Works

The deteriorating condition caused Evansville’s mayor to issue a proclamation to conserve water February 5.  When the building settled the next day carpenters stopped working, and excavation for intakes halted.  The Courier claimed the administration was asleep at the wheel as the city engineer was off to Mardi Gras, whereas the news didn’t event make the front page on the Journal-News.

Water Works
Water Works collapse on the west (river-facing) wall

On February 10, the river wall was knocked down with a battering ram and the greatest threat of collapse was managed.  That day Chandler School was closed as water pressure there (and over much of the city, really) was low.

The Water Works station officially closed February 13, and the old Water Works plant and the West End Pumping Station were used.  On February 15, the plant was attempted to go back online, but it didn’t work.  Problems were compounded when ice broke off the West End Pumping Station and again when the tunnel shaft began to cave during the next week.  During a fire at Babcock & Seitz February 25, it was discovered that there was no water pressure.  Pump boats from Cincinnati and St Louis were utilized, but the damage was significantly more than it should have been.

The Water Works plant was back online March 5 after having been delayed by high wind.  A temporary intake was utilized with a more permanent design to be implemented at a later date.  All in all, the bill to fix the collapse neared $50,000, but with the building being so new Evansville citizens were perplexed as to how something like this could happen.

Water Works
The collapse at the new Water Works left residents wondering who would foot the bill and why the new one was even built

Brown’s grand opening

Browns (c1949)
Brown’s Master Market

 

Brown’s Fine Foods at 1301 West Franklin St was Evansville’s largest grocery when it opened.  Vernon A Brown plugged his store as a “master market”–a grade above a supermarket–and heavily advertised its grand opening, which took place on September 19, 1946.

Browns Supermarket - interior (1946)
Interior of Brown’s new store

 

Brown’s new store boasted a clean interior with bright displays.  The buzz about the grand opening saw 3,000 avid shoppers waiting outside for the doors to open. People lined up at 6 a.m. and by 8 a.m. the crowd extended a block down Franklin St and another block down Fifth Ave.  Police were summoned and the police chief ordered barricades

Browns Supermarket - grand opening (1946 Sep 19)
Crowd of over 3,000 for Brown’s grand opening (9/19/1946)

 

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The anxious shoppers trampled down barricades, pushed back a human wall of policemen, and threatened to cave in the glass front.  Brown conferred with the police chief and agreed to close the doors until the crowd thinned.  Attempts to let a small number of shoppers were stopped short as the crowd again swelled.  Trucks were eventually called around 10 a.m. and formed a funnel to control the flow into the store.  The rest of the day finished smoothly.

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Brown writing “CLOSED” on the storefront to diffuse the raucous crowd
Browns Supermarket (1946 Sept 19) 2
Trucks in front of the store to control the grand opening crowd

 

Ultimately no one was hurt, but it was one of the more intriguing store openings in Evansville’s history.

The store was closed some years later, and the building now serves as a training center for the local Sheet Metal Workers Union

Oscar A Bippus Training Center
The old Browns Supermarket now covered and being used as the Oscar A Bippus Training Center

2014 Year In Review

Losses

Melzer Soap

Melzer Soap Works

Destroyed by fire Oct 2014 will likely be razed

Fulton Ave, 401 N - front (2010 Jul 13)

Steierer Saloon / Service Glass

Razed after a new metal warehouse replaced old brick store

Columbia St, 321 E (2011 Dec 30)

Geier Saloon / Lanhuck’s Bar

Demolished after a car hit the structure in March damaging the building

 Faultless Caster - office (2011 Dec 08) 2

Faultless Caster office

Razed June after busted water pipes flooded building

Fulton Boys

107 N Fulton and 101 N Fulton

Left structure partially demolished and right completely gone marks two historic Mesker buildings lost

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Bullocks Tavern

Razed along with other buildings near Deaconess back in August likely for a parking lot

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Other notable losses

Kessler house – 305 E Columbia
Old Mater Dei offices and homes along Harmony Way
Homes near St Joe and Delaware razed for CVS

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WINS

 12-14-Greyhound-panels

Greyhound Bus Station

Restoration well underway and blue panels are showing the old station’s beauty

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Willard Library addtion

Victory garden in the rear of the lot is a tasteful addition to the historically-minded library

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Sterling Brewery reuse

TBD but likely reuse for offices is an encouraging sign for an area in need of revitalization

IN THE AIR

Owen Block - detail (2010 Jan 18)

Owen Block

Fate is hanging by a thread for the old townhouses at Second and Chestnut

Aster Nut Products Co

Aster
Aster Nut Products Co on the alley behind Main St

The building was originally built for the Evansville Tea & Coffee company in 1924.  A storefront was built at 1004 Main St at the corner of William St (now Sycamore St) and a factory was built behind it across the alley (the building in the picture above).

Storefront
Storefront at 1004 Main St

Around 1946 the Aster Nut Products Co moved in. It was the only manufacturer of peanut butter within 150 miles.  They also boasted that no stock was kept on hand and that all orders were made fresh.

factory
Girls working in the factory 1946
cashew butter
Aster’s unique cashew butter — I wish I could still get this

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Store front
Store front prepped for the holidays December 1946

During a natural gas shortage in 1977, Aster Nut Co had the unfortunate honor of being the first company to have its gas service cut off.  The company had used their allotment for the winter and had to operate in the cold.

Aster Nut Products closed sometime around 1978 not long after the FDA seized contaminated food from the company.  The building later became the Jewett Davidson Co in the 1980s

Main St, 1004 - side (2012)
“Jewett Davidson Company” on the side with the paint fading

Side of building 1004 Main
Side of building 1004 Main

Miller’s Club House

millers club house
Miller’s Club House

The Crockford Club House first opened June 7, 1891 with John Miller & Samuel Weil proprietors. The two, who operated a saloon in the city, invested over $12,000 into the pleasure park located at the end of the Washington Ave line. Patrons could take a short streetcar ride to get rest and relaxation from the city. The Crockford had a large clubhouse with a tower, shown above. Large grounds around the clubhouse offered croquet and lawn tennis, a bowling alley, and summer houses. The club reopened in 1892 with only Miller listed as the owner, and the name Miller’s Club House first appears.

sketch of new clubhouse
Sketch of Miller & Weil’s new clubhouse (Evansville Journal May 24, 1891)

Despite advertisements touting an upscale reputation, the clubhouse became a noted gambling club. It was located across from the old Tri-State Fairgrounds, and on the 2nd floor there was a large room for guests to watch the races.

1910 sanborn
1910 Sanborn view of the club house.  The house at left is one of the residences in the 1100 block of Washington Ave

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The pleasure park was largely a failure. It reopened several times but ultimately closed in 1907 when it could not get a new liquor license.

F Grote Manufacturing bought the land in 1912 and planned to build a new plant along the Ohio Valley Railroad (US 41 now traverses where the RR tracks once crossed Washington). Even though detailed plans were published in the paper, it is not clear if the plant was ever built. The company was never listed at the new location in the city directories or articles, and 1920’s bungalows soon replaced the old Miller’s club house.

Within the past ten years, the houses that replaced the clubhouse were also torn down. A combination McDonald’s/gas station now occupies the half block.


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HIDDEN HISTORY – Old Central ME

If you look closely at the corner of Franklin and Mary beneath the sign of Central UMC, you’ll find an interesting bit of history.

Cornerstone of the old Central ME Church still on display

Cornerstone of the old Central ME Church still on display

This was the original cornerstone of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church which was built in the early 1900s. The Ingle Street Methodist Episcopal church relocated from downtown just a few blocks away to here–the old North Side.  The new church designed by famed architects Harris & Shopbell was completed in 1905.

Old Central Methodist 1907
Old Central Methodist 1907

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The church quickly outgrew its new quarters and within 20 years a new edifice was needed. The old church was torn down and the present structure was built in 1924.  The old cornerstone was put on display under the sign where it can still be seen today.

Central Methodist today
Central Methodist today

Central ME on HistoricEvansville – http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=centralmethodist

Quick History – Bayard Building

The Bayard Building on Upper 1st St
The Bayard Building on Northwest First St

This was the Bayard Building on Upper 1st St, just off Main.  The two-story brick structure was built in 1903 for prominent Evansville banker Samuel Bayard.  It was designed by local architect F. J. Schlotter and located just behind where Merchants National Bank stood.

When Mr. Bayard died in 1918, the building was sold off to settle his estate.  The building also served as the headquarters for the Republican party over the years.
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The ornate structure was torn down around 1970 during urban renewal.  It is now part of the parking lot for the Hillard Lyons office on Main St

Fulton Ave fading – part 2

Today we continue with our story on Fulton Avenue’s slow demise.  With demolitions abound, we look at the old two-story brick building at 101-3 N Fulton Ave that was razed last week.

Mesker storefront
How could you not love a building like this with its Mesker storefront

The building at the corner of Fulton and Indiana dates back to 1886 shortly after the Old Brewery was razed.  Fulton Avenue was being built up as a shopping corridor and Mrs F Morris relocated her dry goods and groceries store to this new building.  The building was a Mesker Building which sported a decorative metal facade made by Evansville’s own Geo L Mesker & Co.

Fulton Ave 1888
Fulton Ave with the two new kids on the block 1888

The corner store (101 N) was a saloon for several years, and the other half (103 N) was a saddlery, restaurant, and even a barber shop.  There was another store between the two brick ones (105 N) that was a ramshackle building, but it was cleared some time ago.  It was one-story and only about 10 foot deep and served over the years as a shoe shop, a clothes cleaner, and later still as a residence.

The corner store (101 N) was also the original location of the Lamasco Bank when it was founded in 1914.  It stayed here until the new bank at the corner of Fulton and Franklin was completed in 1920

One more interesting tidbit is about Bass Goodman’s restaurant at 103 N Fulton.  In 1925, Goodman and his son-in-law Melvin Geddes were fined $100 and jailed up to 30 days for bootlegging.  When two men were arrested for public intoxication and asked where they got drunk, they implicated Goodman’s “soft drink stand”.  Police arrived soon after and found Geddes destroying “a large quantity of home brew.”

In the 1920s and 30s, the building housed a variety of concerns including the White Front Cash & Carry Grocery, Gus Watson’s cafe, a boarding house, Petroleum Equipment Co, and the Peerless Tent & Awning Co

Petroleum Equipment Co
Store entrance when it was the Petroleum Equipment Co late 1930s

Around 1947, the growing Indiana Shoe Supply Co relocated its wholesale business to this building, occupying both halves.  The company which specialized in “leather and shoe findings” remained in operation until the 1970s.

Soon after, the building became the home of Dennis Minton Auction Service.

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Aerial view c1970
Aerial view around 1970 showing the two brothers just beyond the Sterling Brewery complex (upper right)

In its final days, the building was an antique store and pawn shop.  When TLC Coins relocated to West Franklin St this summer, the end was near for this veteran.  After standing for more than 125 years, the building was razed late September 2014.

101-3 N Fulton
101-3 N Fulton
An older style Mesker plaque on the corner
An older style Mesker plaque on the corner of the building
Mesker plaque on 101-3 N Fulton
Mesker plaque on 101-3 N Fulton
Large door entrances with transoms were usually dropped down, or bricked over
Entrances with large doors and transoms were usually dropped down or bricked over
A small shop used to lie between these two
A small shop used to lie between these two
Side view
Side view of 101-3 N Fulton
"Gone Baby"
“Gone Baby”

Indiana St from Fulton, inexorably changed
Indiana St from Fulton, inexorably changed