Batesville, Indiana
Batesville, Indiana
Updated February 28, 2007
Can You Help?
| On the way to looking up other things, this researcher came across several unidentified items. Does anyone know about these things? If you have any bits of information or photographs, please contact Denean Williams. E-mail her at genealogy@ebatesville.com. Thanks! |
| In 1906 the Fair Association held a catered banquet at Nichol Hall on George Street. Where exactly was Nichol Hall? Who built it? When was it built? Who was it named for? |
| In 1893 the Citizen's Building and Loan Association had an office in the Schrader and Krieger Hardware Store on Broadway (now East Pearl Street). Where exactly was it? |
| The Thie Building was located on Pearl and Depot Streets in 1926. Where exactly? What was the building used for? Who built it? When was it built? |
| In 1887 the Dirscherl House was located near the Big Four depot. Where exactly? Was it a hotel? Who was Dirscherl? |
| In 1888 the Batesville Tin Shop, Decker and Gaupel, proprietors were providing roofing and guttering. The business changed its name to Decker and Hoelker the same year and John Barnhorst purchased the tinning outfit and tools of Henry Decker later in the year. Where was this tin shop located? Did it become another company? |
| What happened to the north side of the station on Broadway (now East Pearl Street)? |
| The Gold Mine building was purchased by Donald McCallum of the Tribune in 1899. Mr. McCallum located the newspaper and the Post Office there. Where was this building? A new store opened on George Street in the new Luesse Building in 1931. It was named The Gold Mine, later the Batesville Department Store. Where was the Luesse Building? Was this Gold Mine Store the same as the earlier one? What happened to the department store? |
| Phillip Hoffman purchased the Kruezman brick building on East Pearl Street in 1923 and eventually opened a bakery and pastry shop there in 1926. Jacob Telles bought it in 1928 and remodeled it for renting. Where was this building? When was it built? Is it still there? |
| John Hammerle and Fred Talkenburg operated boarding houses and hotel bars in 1890. One of them was located at Walnut Street and Hillenbrand Avenue and was called the Hammerle House. Where was this located on Walnut? When was it built? |
| Louis Ollier, Sr. operated a barbershop in what was known in later years as the Clem Feld building, but in 1890 was owned by Mrs. Conrad Yest. In the early 1900s it housed Jacob's Fair and Rocket Store and was located opposite the freight depot next to the Ripley House. William Kreuzman bought the large brick Feld Building in 1910 and in 1917 the Western Union telegraph office was move there from the freight depot. Is this the same building where Phillip Hoffman ran a bakery and Jacob Telles eventually purchased? Where exactly was it located? Who was Feld? |
| Turner Hall was the location where the Turn-Verein met in the winter of 1925. It was located at the edge of the county line road intersection with Pearl Street in Huntersville. Where was this building located? Is it still there? Who built it? Who was Turner? What else was it used for? |
| The October 6, 1892 issue of the Independent Record listed C.C.A. Cramer as proprietor of the Cincinnati Beer Hall offering cigars and fancy drinks. Where was this hall located? Who was C.C.A. Cramer? |
| Available information indicates that the Ward School was condemned in 1922 as unsafe for a school building. The unsafe parts were demolished leaving the lower east wing standing. It was then remodeled adding to the west side for toilet and heating facilities. The entrance would face Sycamore Street. Indications are that the old west part was built as a district school in 1875. An addition was added in 1888. Is this the South Street school? Which way did the original structure face? Why is it called the Ward School? |