Old Bittermann Building

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Old Bittermann Building

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Old Bittermann Building, July 2011
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Location 200 Main St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 37°58′14″N87°34′23″W / 37.97056°N 87.57306°W / 37.97056; -87.57306 Coordinates: 37°58′14″N87°34′23″W / 37.97056°N 87.57306°W / 37.97056; -87.57306
Area less than one acre
Built 1885 (1885)
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 80000070 [1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 1980

Old Bittermann Building is a historic commercial building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1885, and is a three-story, rectangular Italianate style brick building. It features a bracketed metal cornice. The building adjoins the Bitterman Building. [2] :2–3

Downtown Evansville is the central business district of Evansville, Indiana. The boundaries of downtown Evansville have changed as the city has grown, but they are generally considered to be between Canal Street at the south and east, the Lloyd Expressway to the north, Pigeon Creek to the northwest, and the Ohio River to the southeast south and southwest. Downtown Evansville is entirely within Pigeon Township.

Evansville, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

Evansville is a city and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 117,429 at the 2010 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in Southern Indiana, and the 232nd-most populous city in the United States. It is the commercial, medical, and cultural hub of Southwestern Indiana and the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area, home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69.

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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 Patricia K. Sides and Joan Marchand (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Bittermann Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs