Gimbel Store at the corner of Second and Main streets. In 1842, Adam Gimbel, a Bavarian Jewish merchant, came to Vincennes. By 1857 Gimbel built the brick store, which eventually consisted of five buildings and extended up Main Street. The first three buildings were originally Italianate in style, but Louis Osterhage designed new facades in 1916. The fourth building is an architectural gem, designed by noted Chicago architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke, in 1878. On its pediment is inscribed �A. Gimbel and Sons, Clothing Hall, 1842-1879.� The fifth building was built in 1879. This building believed to have been destroyed by fire in 2011.