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Montgomery Ward Building

Montgomery Ward Building

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a.k.a. Old Montgomery Ward Building

a.k.a. Salms

517-519 Main St
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

c1880 building is erected
1933 Remodeled for Montgomery Ward

Location

District: Downtown
Latitude: 37.972282210965
Longitude: -87.569226622581
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Architecture

Style: Colonial Revival
Architect: Montgomery Ward Company


History


Comments

commercial vernacular 104 yr in 2008 = 1904 Meyer Candy Company salm bros [1922] salm's department store 1933 montg ward moves downtown clock installed 1930s to alert people waiting to catch streetcar abandoned 1959 first floor and mezzanine remodled by Gerling law firm 1981 first to take advantage of tax credits for rehabilitating historic structures http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=997555 next to alley


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Businesses / Commercial
HistoricEvansville.com: Downtown district

Research notes

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