Dowerman House
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Jacob Dowerman and Thomas Humphreys operated one of New Albany's most successful shipyards. It lay on the river south of downtown. Dowerman built this handsome house overlooking the yard in the 1830s. Today, it is a rare surviving reminder of the historical importance of New Albany shipbuilders.
Image courtesy of Daniel Vivian.
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New Albany Shipyards
From the mid-1820s to the Civil War, shipbuilding fueled New Albany’s economic growth. New Albany shipyards produced $12 million worth of rivercraft by 1860. Production began in 1819 and peaked in 1856, when New Albany builders produced twenty-two…