Downtown Evansville
37°58′17.3″N 87°34′5.8″W / 37.971472°N 87.568278°W
Downtown Evansville is the region of Evansville, Indiana located between Canal Street at the south and east, the Lloyd Expressway to the north, Pigeon Creek to the northwest, and the Ohio Riverfront to the southeast south and southwest. Within the area are the Victory Theatre, the Evansville Civic Center, The Centre, Children's Museum of Evansville, Evansville Museum, and Casino Aztar are all located in Downtown Evansville with the LST-325 Museum located just south of Downtown at the nearby Indiana-Kentucky State Line. Berry Plastics, Vectren, and Old National Bank, the largest financial services bank holding company headquartered in Indiana,[1] have corporate headquarters in Downtown Evansville with Mead Johnson's headquarters located just outside of Downtown. The Ford Center is a new arena opened in 2011 located near The Centre. Downtown Evansville is located entirely within Pigeon Township.
Notable Landmarks
- Children's Museum of Evansville
- Citizens National Bank
- Eagles Home,
- Greyhound Bus Terminal, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979
- Masonic Temple, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
- Montgomery Ward Building, department store building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982
- Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, once the center of Vanderburgh County government
- Willard Carpenter House, memorial to Willard Carpenter and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978
Resources
- http://www.downtownevansville.org/
- http://www.evansvillecvb.org/
- http://www.vanderburghgov.org/
- http://www.city-data.com/city/Evansville-Indiana.html
References
- ^ "Old National Bank Corporate Profile". SNL Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-15.