Houses along Riverside Dr. The house on the left, with the turret, is at 220 SE Riverside Dr., at the corner with Chestnut St. Elizabeth Hartmetz, widow of the founder of Hartmetz Brewery, built this Queen Anne style house in 1900, shortly after her husband died. She lived in it until her 1926 death. The 2015 Google map view showed a business in this location, and the building in good repair. Next right, with another turret, is that of Richard L. Dawes at 300 SE Riverside Dr., formerly 602 Upper Water St. It was built before 1907, remodeled in 1949, and razed in the late 1950s/early 1960s. According to his March 10, 1916 obituary, Dawes had been assistant cashier with Old State National Bank for 45 years. The next 2 or 3 houses to the right are no longer standing, replaced with commercial operations. The next one still standing is the white one with the 2 story porch and columns, at 320 SE Riverside Dr, formerly 618 Upper Water St. Built in 1863, this was remodeled into apartments in 1911 and is much starker looking in 2021. It is on the corner with Cherry St. Beyond this, just barely seen here, is the Viehle house at at 400 SE Riverside Dr., formerly 704 Upper Water St., was built 1855/1856 for Charles Viehle. "Charles Viele arrived in Evansville in 1836 when he was eighteen years old. He entered into a partnership with Asa Bement and Bement and Viele Wholesale Grocers became one of the largest and most successful businesses of that kind on the Ohio River. Steamboats and packet boats carried their grocery products for miles up and down the river. Built in 1855, the Viele home was originally a Georgian-styled two storied structure with a balanced facade. the front doorway was of double size and the lintel over the doorway was decorated with the owner's initials. The central hall ran the length of the house, there was a large drawing room on the right and a library, music room, and solarium on the left. The dining room and sitting room were behind the rooms in front. There were four bedrooms located on the second floor. After several trips to Europe the Vieles remodeled the home in 1873 in the current French Empire style, adding a third-floor ballroom which could accommodate sixty guests. The floor was constructed of alternating runs of chestnut and walnut. Dormers with an arched window treatment and elaborate frames of preformed metal, and a mansard roof of polychrome slate in French chateau style added to the renovation. Many fine paintings and objects d'art were imported from Europe and adorned the house and garden. English footmen dressed in red and black livery created quite a scene when the Vieles went for a drive in their carriage on Sunday afternoons. As of this writing, the home is occupied and continues to be restored by Dr. Charles P. Hudson. Since native chestnut trees have been succumbed to blight, ash replaces damaged chestnut floor runs in the ballroom." (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=riverside400se) The street in front of these houses is much wider in 2021, and the park no longer looks even remotely like this.