YMCA at what was formerly 201-5 Upper 4th St., Indiana Southern Insane Asylum at 3400 Lincoln Ave., Business Men's Association Building and New Opera House at 215 Sycamore St., and the Mackey building at 120-124 NW 1st St., formerly 101-105 Upper 1st St. This YMCA was built in 1891, The organization moved to a new facility in 1914, and what is seen here was razed in 1928. The asylum, aka Woodmere Hospital or the Southern Hospital for Insane, originally had an address on Newburgh Rd. (3 miles from the city, at that time, and this is a name change, not a location change) In 1883, the Indiana General Assembly authorized the construction of the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. The hospital was built on 160 acres of land on Newburgh Road, now known as Lincoln Avenue, between Evansville and Newburgh. The hospital saw its first patients admitted in October 1890. The campus quickly expanded, eventually holding nearly 900 acres of what is now the East Side of Evansville, including the land eventually repurposed for Robert Stadium, St. Mary?s Medical Center and Wesselman?s Woods Nature Preserve. Using patient labor, the hospital staffed a working farm, including dairy cows, poultry and an orchard. Due to stigma, early staff unofficially took to calling the facility Woodmere, meaning ?tranquility in the forest.? In 1927, the General Assembly officially changed the name to the Evansville State Hospital. On February 9, 1943, a fire set by an attendant destroyed much of the original building, leaving at least two staff members dead and six patients missing. (https://www.courierpress.com/story/life/columnists/2017/03/13/history-lesson-evansville-state-hospital/99005532/) In the 1950s, improvements in treatment rendered so much space unnecessary, so much of the land was sold off. A modern facility was built and in 2006, all other buildings were razed. Today the remaining land, still substantial, is used for recreational purposes by the general public. On the site of the Business Men's building was formerly Assumption Catholic Church, built in 1841/1841. The church moved to a different location in 1872, and its building razed around 1889 for the construction of the building seen here. It was also known as the Grein Building and the Mercantile Bank Building. This building no longer stands, but when it was razed is unclear. NOTE: The Opera House/Grand Theatre is behind the Business Men's Association. The Mackey building, aka Mackey Nisbet and Co. dry goods was heavily damaged in a May 11, 1886 storm that caused massive amounts of rain and wind damage. The roof of Mackey Nisbet was blown off, the windows smashed, and the merchandise destroyed. It is thought that the 1888 construction seen here replaced the damaged one. Mackey Nisbet went out of business circa 1920, and this building housed other businesses until it was razed in 1969.