Special Events A wide variety of events encourage residents and visitors to “stroll” downtown Huntingburg! Winter Antique Show - 3rd weekend in January with dealers from across the Midwest-Event Center Daffodil Stroll - April - “Shed the winter wools” and stroll brick lined sidewalks among fragrant yellow blooms of spring Stroll Historic Downtown Huntingburg Walking Tour Guide Huntingburg Kiwanis Car Show - April- Vintage cars line streets of downtown Huntingburg Garden Gate Jazz, Wine & Craft Beer Festival - April – Celebrate gardening and outdoor living City-Wide Yard Sale - 2nd weekend in May - One man’s trash can be another man’s treasure Architectural Styles Enticed by the gentle rolling hills, dense woodlands, and fertile valleys, Colonel Jacob Geiger purchased a large parcel of land from the federal Government in 1837. He named his property Huntingburg, denoting his favorite pastime. Italianate Style Despite the rural location, the community flourished with the completion of the New Albany-St. Louis Airline Railroad in 1878. Property owners believed the town should have a structure befitting its’ statue. In 1885, Henry Mursinna, an Evansville architect, was hired to design the combination town hall and fire engine house as the first municipal building of Huntingburg. The Italianate style facility with ornate cupola served as the focal point of the Huntingburg social, cultural, and political life through the 1930’s. In 1978, the structure was saved from the wrecking ball by concerned citizens. It serves the community today as the offices of the Huntingburg Chamber of Commerce, Huntingburg Foundation, and Huntingburg Senior Center. D.C. Bombers - June thru July – Collegiate baseball team plays in League Stadium Farmer’s Market - July thru October - Saturdays at Parking lot Corner of Hwy 231 and Hwy 64 Y.M.I. Picnic & Car Show - July 4th - @ YMI The Old Town Hall has survived two major fires. The most notable was the fire of May 17, 1889 when a tobacco barn located at the SE Corner of 4th & Geiger Streets raged out of control consuming 19 buildings and nearly destroying the town’s commercial district. Prior to the fire, most of the structures downtown were simple 1 and 2 story wood frame structures. The 1875 Frederick & Louis Katterhenry brick building on the NE Corner of Jackson and 4th Streets, Daniel Arensman’s structure at 322 4th Street, William Roettger’s wagon shop at 321 4th Street, and H. Landgrebe, Kilian & Co. on the NE Corner of 4th & Main built in the mid-1880s were spared. Hispanic Cultural Festival - 1st weekend in September-Market Street Herbstfest - Last weekend of September- celebration of the area’s rich agricultural history-City Park Old Fashioned Bargain Days - 1st weekend of October– Celebrating fall with bargain sales Haunted Huntingburg - 2nd weekend in October Christmas Stroll - 2nd weekend of November - Home tours, carriage rides, carolers! Old Fashioned Christmas - 1st Saturday of December - Santa, Candlelit Christmas parade 327 E. 4th Street, Suite 205, P.O. Box 311 Huntingburg, IN 47542 (812) 683-5699 [email protected] History huntingburgchamberofcommerce.org The decade following the fire brought about a flurry of construction along 4th Street. Businessmen took advantage of the large natural clay deposits around Huntingburg and built their new structures of brick, a safer and more fire resistant material. Most of the two story Italianate and late Victorian commercial buildings along 4th street can date their construction between 1889-1900. Most popular for Commercial buildings 1850-1900 Typically masonry construction, 2-3 story, rectangular footprint Symmetrical façade, low-pitched hipped roof, pronounced cornice, wide overhanging eaves Tall, narrow windows separated within structural bays, embellished by ornamental window pediments Decorative scrolled brackets or carved mouldings beneath cornice line and projecting pediment extending beyond roofline Romanesque Revival Style Illustrated by 2 of Huntingburg’s bank buildings from 1880-1900 Constructed from brick or stone incorporating contrasting colors and textures of masonry for interest Wide, round masonry arches over window & door openings, towers along roofline Neoclassical Style Popular design for commercial architecture at turn of 20th century Greek & Roman temple flavor, strength, power & stability Massive masonry facades, full-height columns, balanced & symmetrical “Functional” Style Buildings Commercial building design simpler, void of architectural detail. Buildings practical, utilitarian without the unnecessary, high-style ornamentation Commonly rectangular brick structures with glass store storefronts Often exhibited modest pressed metal cornices & polychrome, pattern brickwork Craig & Lange, P.C. - 306 4th St Hometown Music - 308/310 4th St. - earliest known use of building - Electric Shoe Hospital Serendipity Fibers - 314 4th St. - Italian- *Spudz-n-Stuff - 320 4th St. - Italianate, ate, 1898 Walter F. Bretz Storeroom refrig- 1885 Ruch’s Confectionary & Bakery, run erated locker storage plant by Rich Family for 100 years *Restaurants Beth Carter Exquisite Bridal 322/324 4th St. - Italianate, 1885 Nettie O’Brien, Look up at Italianate Brackets & finials *Overtime Restaurant *Gaslight - 328 4th St. - Functional Style, 1941 as Victory Theatre Yes Power Yoga - 412 4th St. - Italianate, 1895 Finke’s/ Maxey barber Shop Greentree - 330 4th St. Romanesque Revival, 1907 First National Bank, Corner entry & leaded glass transom windows 302 304 *Old School Bakery - 302 4th St. - Romanesque Revival, 1897 (arches, spires) Huntingburg Bank 306 308/310 312 312 Fourth St. - late Victorian commercial, 1900 metal cornice & frieze *Old School Café - 304 4th St. 314 318 316 316 Fourth St. - Italianate, 1900 - A.H. Miller Drug Store sign on east wall still visible 320 The Stocked Pot 401 Jackson - Italianate, 1875katterhenry’s General Store-oldest building in town Old National Bank / Huntingburg Press / Huntingburg Chamber of Commerce - 327 4th St. - Neoclassical, 1919- still continues as Bank; 3rd Floor once home to Masonic Lodge 403 Shared Abundance - 321 4th St. -Italianate, 1890-Wm. Roettger Wagon Shop/ Reutepohler Hardware Cecil’s Printing - 319 4th St. Italianate, 1889-Poetker-Miller Bldg. China Wok - 317 4th St 330 406/408 402/404 410 414 418 422/424 Single Thread - 307 4th St. - 20th Century Functional - Struckman Chevrolet 426 Bookkeeping & More 426 4th St 430 Fourth St. - Italianate, 1890 originally jewelry store Touch of Class - 436/438 4th St. - Italianate Commercial, 1895-1900 Devine’s Clothing & Fabric Blemker’s Grocery Store 430 436/438 Downtown Emporium - 407 4th St. - 20th Century Functional, 1890, 1945, 1968orig. 3 bldgs. Reconstructed after fire Edwards Jones Investments - 431 4th St. - Italianate, 1870 Louis Katterhenry home (owned the general store at 401 Jackson) 305 Fourth St. - 20th Century Functional, 1900 (originally part of 307 Struckman Chevrolet 431 427 425 423 Weekend Peddler 425 4th St - Late Victorian 1990 built for Independent newspaper Touch of Class - 301 4th St. - 20th Century Functional, 1919 Wessel Motors Ford Dealership 321 412 401 Schneider Law Office- 427 4th St. - 20th Century Functional, 1940 327 418 Fourth St. - Classical Revival, 1926 originally Huntingburg Bank, featured in movie “Hard Rain” Back in Tyme - 408 4th St. *Cool Beans Java Café - 410 4th St. - Italianate, 1885 drug store Functional, 1915 Palace of Sweets ‘til for nearly a century early 70’s Sasha’s Boutique - 406 4th St. - Italianate, 1895 C.R. Kruger Jewelry Store *Fat n’ Sassy’s - 403 Jackson (part of katterhenry’s General Store) 328 Disinger-Kruger Jewelers - 402/404 4th St. Italianate, 1887 - H. Landgrede, Killian & Co Clothier Store- 1895 E.J. Welp jewelry store Tangles Hair Salon - 318 4th St. Cook’s Clothing Store 1940’s & Functional Style, 1900 - original Huntingburg Post Office 322/324 Gehlhausen Flower & Gifts / Combined Talents 414 4th St. - Century Functional, 1920-Gem Theatre 422/424 4th St. Italianate, 1895 - Greener’s Café & Saloon, continues as a tavern 319 317 307 305 301 421 417 Pickers Paradise - 423 4th St - Italianate, 1897 Rothert’s General Store, unusual stairway to lower level 421 4th St. - Italianate, 1897 - Phil Bamberger’s Tin Shop 415 413 The Purple Plum 417 4th St. - Italianate, 1890 Salat Bldg (ghost sign writing) Grianry Antiques 415 4th St. Italianate, 1900 Frank Schlegel’s Harness & Saddlery Shop 411 407 Game Knight - 411/413 4th St. - late Victorian Commercial & late 19th Century Functional Computer Whisperer 403 4th St. - Late Victorian, 1895 Kem’s Café/ Tavern 403 401 Windowbox - 401 4th St. 20th Century Functional, 1915 Cumberland/ Indiana Telephone
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