Independence Historic District, also known as the West Franklin Street-Wabash Avenue Historic District, is a national

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located in the Lamasco neighborhood of

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. The district developed after 1880, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. It includes commercial and residential properties and representative examples of

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, Queen Anne, Romanesque, and Beaux-Arts style architecture. Notable buildings include the West Branch Carnegie Library (1912), Laval Block, Heldt-Voelker Hardware Store (1890), First Federal Savings, Gerke Building, August Rosenberger House (1894), and St. Boniface Church (1882, 1902). ''Note:'' This includes an
Site map
and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 1982.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana Geography of Evansville, Indiana Historic districts in Evansville, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Evansville, Indiana {{VanderburghCountyIN-NRHP-stub