From the website:
The Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse is considered by architectural historians to be one of the most important examples of 19th century governmental architecture in the country. It was designed by Henry Wolters of Louisville, Kentucky and exemplifies Beaux Arts architecture, which was just coming into vogue at the time of the Courthouse’s design, replacing heavier Victorian styles.Wolters himself studied at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. It occupies a full city block bound by Fourth, Vine, Fifth and Court streets in Downtown Evansville, which was once a turnaround basin for the Wabash and Erie Canal.
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Having resided in Indiana (for the 4 years I did Terre Haute, or was it vice versa?), I'm not convinced that there was ever anything important enough going on to warrant such a building.
Kinda like placing the Taj Mahal in Chualar, maybe?
From what I learned during my visit to the city's museum, Evansville has historically been a hub of industry and commerce. In WWII Landing Ship Tank (LST) ships and P-47 Thunderbolts were built here. I don't know if items of such national importance are manufactured locally today, but the area does seem fairly prosperous to this casual observer.
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