1850 - 1859
1851
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1852
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George H. Dunn president of the I & C (Indianapolis and Cincinnati) Railroad
formed a company of promoters called the John Callahan Trust Company. Its
purpose was to buy land and lay out a new town. In 1852 the settlement was
begun while the railroad was still under construction. The town of Batesville
was platted by Joshua Bates on November 3, 1852. Joshua Bates is thought by
many to be the source of the name of the town. Harvey Bates, in charge of
railroad construction from Morris to New Point, is the other possible
source.
1853
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November 1 – First train ran from Cincinatti to Indianapolis.
1854
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1855
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1856
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1857
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1858
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George Sims laid out Batesville's first addition
1859
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Henry Boehringer Was Batesville’s first major builder. He was born in
Germany in 1824 and educated there. He came to Batesville about 1859 and
began buying timber to be shipped to Cincinnati. He also bought town lots
and began building houses to be rented or sold.
He built a large three story and basement frame structure around 1859 - 60
on Broadway Street (East Pearl Street.) near Park Avenue where he lived. It
was know as Boehringer Hall because of the dance floor on the third floor.
The dance floor was reached by an elevator operated by hand. Each floor,
except the third, contained eight to ten rooms which were used as apartments.
The basement was used by the Catholic congregation for church purposes
prior to the building of St. Louis Church. The building was also used as a
boarding house and office building where doctors and other professional men
lived.
Henry Boehringer was also a lover of birds. He had a room in his residence
glassed off and used as an aviary. He had a large number of imported birds
which included singing birds and parrots.
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