Fifth Third Center is a skyscraper located in
downtown
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Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
. The building has 15 stories and rises to a height of 226 ft (68.9 m) with , and has an attached parking garage for about 450 cars on the south end of the building. It is currently the tallest building in Evansville. Jones & Mah designed the building in 1979 for Citizens National Bank, a Fifth Third Bank predecessor.
History
The
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urb ...
granted the city a low-cost loan of $2.3 million to assist with financing. Construction on the building began April 24, 1980, with an estimated cost of $15.5 million.
The project was part of a larger downtown redevelopment plan from Greg Kempf and Jack Rogers for a multi-million dollar Riverview Commerce Center, which included a Riverview Centre, Coal Exchange Building, and Marriott Hotel.
In April 1981, a crane cable lifting a 25-ton, 81-foot long concrete column snapped during construction, causing it to fall on the back-end of a passing car. It missed two of the car's occupants by mere inches, leaving minor injuries.
The building formally opened on December 21, 1981, becoming the fourth headquarters for Citizens National Bank, later named Civitas Bank.
Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bank (5/3 Bank), the principal subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp is an American bank holding company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fifth Third is one of the largest consumer banks in the Midwestern United States, Fifth Third B ...
purchased Civitas in 1999.
In 2018, Riverview Investments LLC purchased the building.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Evansville
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References
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Office buildings completed in 1981
Buildings and structures in Evansville, Indiana