Courthouse

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1890	Building completed
1969	Government moves out of buildings and new mgmt (conrad baker foundation)
1990	cupola flagpole is repaired

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Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse 1873 land purchased, 1886 plans in place, contract landed 1887 built to replace old courthouse that was too small accomodate expanding community Union block (adjacent to Union Brewery) 4th division (later court), fifth and vine site of turnaround basin for wabash and eerie canal 5th and vine was the abandoned union brewery (hq of evansville medical college) corner stone laid nov 27 1888 included on 1888 map 1887-9 built at a cost of almost $400,000 abandoned in 1969 as moved to civic center conrad baker foundation (now Old Courthouse Preservation Society) formed to preserve and restore the building terminal basin of the erie canal between 4th and 5th nw of vine part of the old pioneer graveyard was on this block and remains had do be dug up and moved to other cemeteries http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=952754 dedication http://www.evansvillegov.org/Index.aspx?page=635

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