Welcome to Baptisttown!A great place to make your home!!!

House Hunting?

The Baptisttown has some great residential areas, particularly on its northeastern side and off of Lincoln Ave.

Here are a few of the properties on Lincoln Ave.

Or maybe you’re looking for an apartment?

The Lincoln Apartments are a perfect place for singles or families!

Lincoln Ave., from Grand c1927 Lincoln Gardens Apartments 1938-1997

Or if you want to build..

Some of the best contractors and carpenters in Evansville live right in this neighborhood!!

1. William Barkman Jr. 721 Cherry Ave.

2. Jas. H. Blanchard 318 Denby Ave.

3. William H. Dedrich 604 Bedford Ave.

Religious LifeWe have different churches

based on your religious affiliation!

Free Will Baptist Church

Cleaves Methodist Chapel

St. John the Apostle Catholic Church

Alexander African Methodist Episcopal Church

Liberty Baptist Church

Calvary Baptist

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (African-American-Hardison Chapel)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church ca.1911

St. John the Apostle Catholic Church ca. 1941

Liberty Baptist Church ca.1880

Don’t worry about going far when you run out of something in the kitchen!We have a plethora of reputable grocers to suit

any of your culinary needs!

Just a few are:-Samuel Glaser 400 Denby Ave.

-W.H. O’Brien 723 Mulberry Ave.

-Witts Market 720 Lincoln Ave.

-Nicholson Deluxe Market 765 Lincoln Ave.

Worried about your wardrobe?Whether you need a suit or dress or your shoes repaired, there are

people to help!Burgess Parker, shoe repair, 39 Denby Ave.

Frank Klusmeir, shoe repair, 701 S. Evans Ave.

Taylor’s Shoe Shop, 413 S. Evans Ave.

Richard Cole, Suits and Dresses, 517 S. Evans Ave.

Canal Department Store, Canal Street

There are plenty of places to work!Whether your trade is

in coal, milling, or refrigeration we have the business for you.

Indiana Coal Co.Cottage Coal Co.Ice Service, Inc. Holt and Brandon Ice and Coal

Storage Co.Graham Glass WorksBrowning Milling Co. Ziliak and Schaefer Milling Co.

We hope you’ll find everything you need in Baptisttown!

Areas that Makeup Part of Baptisttown

Kentucky Ave. (up to 700) S. Grand Ave. (up to 700) S. Bedford Ave. (up to 700) Denby Ave. (up to 700) S. Evans Ave. (up to 700) Bellemeade Ave. (approx. 750 and up) Mulberry Ave. (approx. 750 and up) Lincoln Ave. (approx. 750 and up) E. Cherry St. (approx. 750 and up) Canal St. (approx. 750 and up) E. Walnut St. (approx. 750 and up) E. Sycamore St. (approx. 750 and up)

Industrialization

Graham Glass Works (Evansville Glass Company) 101-109 S. Kentucky

Ave. 1903- plant built 1907- EGC goes

bankrupts and closes 1913- building goes to

Graham 1916- sold to Libby-

Owens Glass 1927- rebuilt with steel

buildings

Industrialization Browning Milling

Company 11 S. Kentucky Ave. Before 1900- built 1935- becomes

Wittekindt Brewing Company (rear addition built)

1941- brewery closes 1970- razed

Industrialization

Ziliak and Schafer Milling Company 900 Walnut St.

Ice Service Inc. 820 Walnut St. Holt and Brandon Ice and Coal Storage 812-

820 and 918 Walnut St.

Coal Ind. Coal Company 1 S. kentucky Ave. C&B Coal Company 825 Canal St. Young Coal Company 15 Kentucky Ave. Panama Coal Company 6 S. Kentucky Ave. Lacer CB Coal Company 15 S Kentucky Ave. Central Coal and Feed Co. 6 S Kentucky Ave. Comet Coal Company 836 E. Walnut Ave. Cottage Coal Company 827 Canal Ave. Indiana Coal Company 9 S. Kentucky Ave.

Baptisittown Continued