Bitterman Building

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Bitterman Building

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Bitterman Building, July 2011
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Location 202-204 Main St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 37°58′14″N87°34′22″W / 37.97056°N 87.57278°W / 37.97056; -87.57278 Coordinates: 37°58′14″N87°34′22″W / 37.97056°N 87.57278°W / 37.97056; -87.57278
Area less than one acre
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect Clifford Shopbell & Co.
Architectural style Chicago
NRHP reference # 80000068 [1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 1980

Bitterman Building, also known as The New Bitterman Building, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the architecture firm Clifford Shopbell & Co. and built in 1923. It is a three-story, rectangular brick building with limestone facing. It features Chicago school style openings. The building adjoins the Old Bittermann Building. [2] :2, 3

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Shopbell & Company American architecture firm

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Joan Marchand and Patricia K. Sides (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bitterman Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs