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The Old Vanderburgh County Jail was completed in 1890 and housed inmates until 1967. It sat empty and dilapidated until renovations started in the 1990s. [4] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [5] The Old Jail was the site of a race-riot in 1903 after an African-American male shot a white police officer.
Added to NRHP. October 6, 1970. Former Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Residence is a historic jail and sheriff's residence located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1891, and is a 21⁄2 -story, rusticated limestone building modeled after Schloss Lichtenstein. It features a central round tower or "keep", stepped gables, crenellated ...
Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. [ 5 ] With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census, it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the most populous city in Southern Indiana, and the 249th-most populous city in the United States.
The Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, often simply called the "Old Courthouse," was once the center of Vanderburgh County, Indiana government. Construction started in the spring of 1888 and was completed in November 1890. The building was ready to be occupied by the county government in early 1891. [2] It sits in the heart of downtown Evansville.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
September 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM. EVANSVILLE — Evansville police on Wednesday arrested 35-year-old Michael Thomas, who previously stood accused of killing a man in 2022 only to see the case against ...
13. Injuries. 40+. Location within Indiana. The Evansville Race Riot occurred in July 1903 in Evansville, Indiana and was the worst riot in the city's history. The riots occurred after a black man shot and killed a white policeman and ultimately resulted in 13 deaths. [1][2][3] On July 3, an African-American man named Lee Brown, aka Robert Lee ...
October 4, 2024 at 8:34 AM. EVANSVILLE — The former president of Golfmoor Baseball Association, an Evansville-based youth sports nonprofit, has been charged with theft and accused of stealing ...