Roughly bounded by Gum, Kentucky, Blackford and Garvin Sts., Evansville, Indiana. County/parish: Vanderburgh.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1985. NRIS 85001373.
335 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
The Bayard Park Neighborhood is a neighborhood in Evansville, Indiana which is bounded by Lincoln Avenue, US Highway 41, Washington Avenue and Garvin Street. The Bayard Park Historic District contains approximately 87 acres including 335 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site within the neighborhood boundaries. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The architecture of residential homes in the neighborhood include quaint 1890s Queen Anne cottages, ground-hugging bungalows, American Fourquares, and high-style Early American and English revival types. The neighborhood also features Evansville's first neighborhood park and the East Branch Library, a Carnegie Library funded by the renowned philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004947