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McCurdy Hotel

Coordinates: 37°58′8″N 87°34′25″W / 37.96889°N 87.57361°W / 37.96889; -87.57361
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McCurdy Hotel
Front and side of the hotel
McCurdy Hotel is located in Indiana
McCurdy Hotel
McCurdy Hotel is located in the United States
McCurdy Hotel
Location101-111 SE 1st St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates37°58′8″N 87°34′25″W / 37.96889°N 87.57361°W / 37.96889; -87.57361
Arealess than one acre
Built1916
ArchitectDietz, H. Ziegler
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSDowntown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No.82000109 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 01, 1982

The McCurdy Hotel is a historic building in the Riverfront District of Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by architect Henry Ziegler Dietz and built in 1916–1917 in the Colonial Revival style. The McCurdy was constructed on the former site of the St. George Hotel, which was razed in 1915. It opened for business on June 17, 1917, and closed on March 16, 1969, due to bankruptcy. In Spring 2017, the McCurdy Hotel building was reopened as redeveloped apartments.[2][3]: Part 1, p. 16  [4]

President Harry Truman stayed at the McCurdy while conducting a campaign stop in Evansville during the 1948 United States presidential election.[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Historic Evansville - McCurdy Hotel". historicevansville.com. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., and Accompanying photographs
  4. ^ "Kunkel: McCurdy apartments will be rented in spring". Evansville Courier & Press. January 17, 2018. p. 9 – via www.courierpress.com.
  5. ^ "Sitting presidents do come to Evansville — some of them". Evansville Courier & Press. August 28, 2018. p. 9. Retrieved December 18, 2018 – via www.courierpress.com.