| Independence Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 37.9642°N -87.5575°W |
| Architecture: | Italianate, Romanesque, Beaux Arts |
| Added: | February 1, 1982 |
| Refnum: | 82000102 |
Independence Historic District, also known as the West Franklin Street-Wabash Avenue Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Lamasco neighborhood of Evansville, Indiana. The district developed after 1880, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. It includes commercial and residential properties and representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, and Beaux-Arts style architecture. Notable buildings include the West Branch Carnegie Library (1912), Laval Block, Heldt-Voelker Hardware Store (1890), First Federal Savings, Gerke Building, August Rosenberger House (1894), and St. Boniface Church (1882, 1902).[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.