Washington Avenue Historic District (Evansville, Indiana)

	Washington Avenue Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Houses in the district
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Location	Roughly bounded by Madison and Grand Aves., E. Gum and Parret Sts., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°57′51″N 87°33′27″W / 37.96417°N 87.55750°WCoordinates: 37°57′51″N 87°33′27″W / 37.96417°N 87.55750°W
Built	1880
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick Style
NRHP reference No.	80000073
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1980

Washington Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Evansville, Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1] The district, bounded roughly by Madison and Grand Avenues and East Gum and Parrett Streets, sprang up in the late 19th century, during an economic boom when the city's population went from 29,200 in 1880 to more than 59,000 by 1900.

When the neighborhood was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, local preservationists cited the district's “important collection of late-Victorian frame houses” – grand styles, from Gothic Revival to French Second Empire, designed by the city's leading architects for some of its leading citizens. Among those who built stately homes on Washington Avenue were Max deJong, an importer and fine clothing retailer; Antonio Sierra, superintendent of the Fendrich Cigar Company; and William Akin Jr., a well-to-do meatpacker who later became mayor of Evansville.^[2]^[3]

The Washington Avenue district – where 23 percent of the houses have been demolished in the last quarter-century – never attracted the investment that other districts in the city have. Local and state preservation experts fear the demolition of structures in the Washington Avenue district along with the accelerating decline of what remains could jeopardize the area's status on the National Register of Historic Places.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Withering Heights". Evansville Living. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ "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 Douglas L. Stern, Joan Marchand, Nancy Long, and Patricia Sides (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Washington Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), Site map, Quad map, and Accompanying photographs

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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] "Withering Heights". Evansville Living. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[SHAARD-3] "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 Douglas L. Stern, Joan Marchand, Nancy Long, and Patricia Sides (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Washington Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), Site map, Quad map, and Accompanying photographs

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