St. George Hotel at 401 1st St. "In 1872 entrepreneur David J. Mackey purchased the Shanklin residence. He had the frame house torn down and erected the luxurious St George Hotel. The 5-story hotel opened with a Mardi Gras ball on Feb 19, 1874 (Feb. 2?" As [the] hotel aged, it became dated. It was razed to make way for the new McCurdy Hotel [seen in RH033-267 through 269]. Mayor Bosse spoke at the farewell ceremony in January 1915. (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=stgeorge)