Misplaced Pages

#271728

42-699: 38°17′04″N 85°49′10″W  /  38.284310°N 85.819548°W  / 38.284310; -85.819548 The Town Clock Church , now the Second Baptist Church of New Albany, Indiana , United States, is a historic church located at 300 East Main Street, within the New Albany Downtown Historic District . It was constructed in 1852 as Second Presbyterian Church, in what was then the largest city in Indiana. It

84-719: A Japanese weekend supplementary school , is affiliated with IUS's Japan Center. It was established in January 1988 and holds its classes at Hillside Hall; its office is elsewhere in New Albany. The city has a free lending library, the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library. Robert E. Lee (steamboat) Its capacity was 5741 bales of cotton . A local newspaper in New Albany described it: The cabin and outfit of this great southern steamer surpasses that of any boat that has yet graced

126-474: A tornado struck the north side of New Albany, killing at least 46 people. Interstate 64 was built through New Albany in 1961 and led to the construction of the Sherman Minton Bridge . The project cost $ 14.8 million. The bridge was named for U.S. Senator and later U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton , who was a native of nearby Georgetown and practiced law in New Albany. The bridge

168-419: A distance of 1,154 miles (1,857 km), in 3 days, 18 hours and 14 minutes. John W. Cannon, the captain of Robert E. Lee , ensured victory by removing excess weight, carrying only a few passengers, and using prearranged barges to increase the speed of refueling. Natchez finished the race several hours later, but had been delayed by fog for six hours, and had numerous passengers to weigh it down. She received

210-400: A new steeple and clock faces. When reconstruction is complete, the tower will once again be 160 feet tall. This article about a building or structure in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Louisville metro area -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . New Albany, Indiana New Albany / ˈ ɑː l b ə n i /

252-460: A public school, started WNAS-FM in 1949, which is the nation's oldest continuously operating high school radio station. In the late 1960s, Slate Run Elementary School started WSRS, a non-licensed student-produced closed-circuit television service for its classrooms, one of the nation's first in an elementary school. In January 1937, a major flood struck the region. New Albany, like the other river towns, had no flood walls and no methods of regulating

294-400: A royal Winton velvet purchased of A. T. Stewart of New York and made to order. The furniture also made to order, all of modern style and costly materials in fact solid rosewood , the chairs, sofas, sociables, etc., most artistically and elaborately carved. The cushions of all seats are heavy crimson satin , and the style of the furniture is of new and original design, all made in this city at

336-534: A silver bowl trophy containing the name of the Robert E. Lee. On December 22, 1870, she collided with the Potomac opposite Natchez, Mississippi. The Lee sustained much damage and was run out on a sandbar until she could be raised and repaired. Noted steamboat captain and historian Frederick Way, Jr. , disputes this version of history somewhat. He cites Johnny Farrell, second engineer of Natchez : "This old idea about

378-427: Is Hispanic (Hispanics can be of any race). There were 15,959 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

420-665: Is Jeff Gahan, a Democrat ; he was re-elected in 2023. The land of New Albany was officially granted to the United States after the American Revolutionary War . The territory had been captured by George Rogers Clark in 1779. For his services Clark was awarded large tracts of land in Southern Indiana including most of Floyd County. After the war, Clark sold and distributed some of his land to his fellow soldiers. The area of New Albany ended up in

462-577: Is a city in Floyd County, Indiana , United States, situated along the Ohio River , opposite Louisville, Kentucky . The population was 37,841 as of the 2020 census . The city is the county seat of Floyd County. It is bounded by I-265 to the north and the Ohio River to the south, and is considered part of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area . The mayor of New Albany

SECTION 10

#1732783229272

504-489: Is located at 38°18′07″N 85°49′17″W  /  38.301935°N 85.821442°W  / 38.301935; -85.821442 (38.301935, −85.821442). According to the 2010 census, New Albany has a total area of 15.111 square miles (39.14 km ), of which 14.94 square miles (38.69 km ) (or 98.87%) is land and 0.171 square miles (0.44 km ) (or 1.13%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 36,372 people, 15,575 households, and 9,175 families living in

546-602: Is near the Ohio River, across the border from Louisville, Kentucky . It was a station on the Underground Railroad . The church is brick, and is constructed in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It previously had a 160-foot high clock tower that could be seen by boat crews on the Ohio River. However, the tower has been shortened. The first phase of reconstruction is underway which will include

588-427: Is the public preschool program. Elementary schools in the city limits include: Grant Line Elementary School is in an unincorporated area near New Albany. Middle schools in the city limits include: New Albany High School is the city's senior high school with the city being in its attendance boundary. The Greater Louisville Regional Japanese Saturday School (グレータールイビル日本語補習校 Gurētā Ruibiru Nihongo Hoshūkō ),

630-585: The Robert E. Lee , Eliza Battle , the Eclipse , and the A.A. Shotwell . Shipbuilding was accompanied by a wide range of ancillary business including machine shops, foundries, cabinet and furniture factories, and silversmith shops. Its second largest business was the American Plate Glass Works. In 1847, the city was connected to the port at Michigan City, Indiana on Lake Michigan via

672-558: The Alleghenies and are the largest ever constructed for a western steamer. The texas is 140 feet (43 m) in length, with 24 passengers rooms in addition to the accommodations for officers. She also has two immense baggage rooms, all under guard. … to obviate the necessary of carrying baggage in the cabins or on guard. … The cabin with its rich garniture and splendid furniture, dazzling chandeliers, arched and fretted ceilings, etched with gold, stained glass skylights, immense mirrors,

714-466: The Civil War , over half of Hoosiers worth over $ 100,000 (~$ 1.7 million in 2023) lived in New Albany, making it by far the wealthiest part of the state. The steamboat industry was the engine of the city's economy during the mid-19th century. Fueled by abundant forests for lumber, at least a half-dozen shipbuilders were in operation and turned out a multitude of steamboats and packet boats, including

756-704: The Indiana State Fair was held in New Albany. During the Civil War, the fairgrounds were converted to become Camp Noble and used as a muster point for the area's regiments. During the American Civil War , New Albany served as both a supply center for Union troops and as a medical care center for wounded soldiers. Up to 1,500 wounded soldiers were treated in New Albany during the war, and many non-medical buildings were converted into makeshift hospitals. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln established one of

798-491: The Scribner House still stands today. New Albany was incorporated as a town in 1817 as part of Clark County . In 1819, three years after Indiana was admitted as a state, New Albany became the seat of government for newly established Floyd County . A courthouse was finally built in 1824. New Albany grew rapidly and was the largest city in Indiana from 1816 until 1860, when it was overtaken by Indianapolis . Before

840-619: The Monon railroad. In 1853, the New Albany High School opened, the first public high school in the state. The original school was built at the corner of West First Street and Spring Street. New Albany would also be the first in the state to create a consolidated school district several years later. Ashbel P. Willard, governor of the state of Indiana, dedicated the Floyd County Fairgrounds in 1859. That year,

882-435: The boiler with water and can throw an immense volume. The boat is also furnished with three separate pumping fire engines with an abundance of hose to use in case of fire. … She has wrought iron shafts weighing 18,750 pounds, the shafts being each 23 feet (7.0 m) in length, with the journals 18 inches (460 mm) in diameter. Each of the cranks, which are also of wrought iron, weigh 6,000 pounds. These were all made east of

SECTION 20

#1732783229272

924-488: The city was $ 34,923, and the median income for a family was $ 41,993. Males had a median income of $ 31,778 versus $ 24,002 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,365. About 11.4% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the Poverty threshold , including 21.6% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. New Albany's Main Street features a large collection of late 19th century mansions from

966-558: The city's heyday as a shipbuilding center. The centerpiece is the Culbertson Mansion , a three-story French Second Empire Style structure, which is today an Indiana state memorial. Every October, New Albany hosts the Harvest Homecoming festival, one of the largest annual events in the state. Festivities begin on the first weekend of October, but the main part, consisting of midway rides, shows, and booths lining

1008-399: The city. The population density was 2,434.5 inhabitants per square mile (940.0/km ). There were 17,315 housing units at an average density of 1,159.0 per square mile (447.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 85.8% White , 8.7% African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 1.7% from other races , and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of

1050-406: The city. The population density was 2,571.1 inhabitants per square mile (992.7/km ). There were 17,098 housing units at an average density of 1,169.1 per square mile (451.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 84.00% White , 12.93% African American , 0.31% Native American , 0.42% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.67% from other races , and 1.62% from two or more races. 1.36% of the population

1092-424: The closing of her career. Her hull was taken to Memphis for use as a wharf boat. Much of her equipment went into her successor, also known as the second Robert E Lee (1876–1882). She carried much of the equipment and furnishings from her predecessor. A stern wheel replica named The Lt. Robert E. Lee (as first lieutenant of engineers in 1837, the future general supervised the engineering work for St. Louis harbor)

1134-625: The downtown streets, lasts from Thursday-Sunday of the second weekend in October. The 2020 Harvest Homecoming was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indiana University Southeast , one of the eight campuses of the Indiana University system, is located on the northern edge of the city. The Purdue Polytechnic Institute also maintains a satellite campus in the city. New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation operates public schools. The Children's Academy of New Albany

1176-537: The factory relocated in 1893, New Albany lost a large part of its population and went into economic decline. In the early 20th century, New Albany became a center of plywood and veneer manufacturing, and its largest employer was the New Albany Veneering Company. By 1920, New Albany was the largest producer of plywood and veneer in the world, with other producers including Indiana Veneer Panel Company and Hoosier Panel Company. On March 23, 1917,

1218-535: The first seven national cemeteries in New Albany for burying the many war dead. Despite the ongoing war, a new courthouse was built in 1865, which was used until the 1960s, when the current City-County courthouse was constructed, also the first in Indiana. The Town Clock Church , now the Second Baptist Church, was used as the New Albany stop in the Underground Railroad . The original steeple

1260-523: The last steamboat built in New Albany named, appropriately, the Robert E. Lee . During the second half of the 19th century, New Albany experienced an industrial boom despite the collapse of the steamboat industry. The advent of railroads created economic opportunity for the city as a pork packing and locomotive repair center. A bridge was built across the Ohio River in 1886, providing a rail and road connection with Kentucky. American Plate Glass Works opened in 1865 and employed as many as 2,000 workers. When

1302-476: The manufactory of John Sim. She has 20 extension dining tables in the main cabin, each to accommodate twelve guests; thus seating 240 for dinner with plenty of room for extra side tables. … The machinery of the ROB'T. E. LEE consists of feet stroke, the largest high pressure engines on the river. … The doctor is considered a triumph of the medical art, it being a new style of with the parallel motion applied. It supplies

Town Clock Church - Misplaced Pages Continue

1344-443: The population. There were 15,575 households, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.4% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.1% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1386-635: The possession of Col. John Paul. New Albany was founded in July 1813 when three brothers from New York —Joel, Abner, and Nathaniel Scribner—arrived at the Falls of the Ohio and named the site after the city of Albany, New York . They purchased the land from Col. John Paul. New Albany was platted by John Graham on land owned by the Scribner brothers. In 1814, Joel and Mary Scribner built their home in New Albany;

1428-601: The race that they would accept freight and passengers. To this day no commercial boat has beaten the speed record set by Robert E. Lee during the race. However, Bogie , a 1929 motor boat built by Leroy Craft, beat Robert E. Lee ' s record. It usually ran between New Orleans and Natchez , Mississippi . However, during spans of bad business, it would forsake Natchez and instead go to St. Louis or Louisville , Kentucky . She left New Orleans for Portland, Kentucky, for dismantling, mid-April, 1876, and several thousand came to see her off, with many salutes en route to mark

1470-433: The river. The Ohio River rose to 60.8 feet at New Albany, leaving most of the town under 10 or more feet of water for nearly three weeks. The flood was the worst disaster to befall the city. After the flood, New Albany was the first city in the region to begin construction on massive flood walls around the city. New Albany's flood walls served as examples for those constructed around Louisville and Clark County. New Albany

1512-409: The trade, and her accommodations are on the same scale of grandeur and magnificence. She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers. … The main cabin carpet is a single piece 17 ½ feet wide and upwards of 225 feet (69 m) in length,

1554-558: The two boats preparing for days for the race, tearing down bulkheads, putting up wind sheaves, and a lot of other stuff, is not true. When I went aboard Robert E. Lee , all they had done was to move the coal bunkers a little forward... On our boat there was absolutely no preparation whatever. There was no such thing as colors flying, bands playing, and the decks of both boats crowded with ladies and gentlemen." Way also writes that at Vicksburg, both boats took fuel flats in tow and emptied them under way. In addition, both vessels advertised before

1596-452: The velvet carpet, the pure zinc white of sides, the rosewood state room doors, and the imitation Egyptian marble stills, all combined to make it bear an appearance of Oriental luxury and splendor seldom conceived a never before seen floating the wild waters of this so-called semi-barbarian western world. … In the summer of 1870, Robert E. Lee won a famed steamboat race against Natchez , going from New Orleans to St. Louis , Missouri ,

1638-440: Was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the city was 37.1 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.9% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 37,603 people, 15,959 households, and 10,054 families living in

1680-407: Was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males. The median income for a household in

1722-637: Was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1915, and a new replica steeple was not completed until 101 years later in 2016. During the Civil War, New Albany businesses were boycotted by Confederates because it was in a Union state and by the North because it was considered too friendly to the South. Indianapolis overtook New Albany as Indiana's largest city in 1860, and across the river, Louisville's population grew much faster. New Albany never regained its original stature. The once robust steamboat industry ended by 1870, with

Town Clock Church - Misplaced Pages Continue

1764-498: Was named the "most beautiful long-span bridge of 1961" by the American Institute of Steel Construction . Charles A. Prosser lived in New Albany for much of his life. Charles Allen Prosser School of Technology was named in honor of his accomplishments as the "father of vocational education ." In the mid and late 20th century, New Albany became an innovator in using electronic media in education. New Albany High School,

#271728