Located on the eastern bank of Beaverdam Lake, the Evansville site originally had at least four earthen mounds. Today, Mounds A and B remain, while a smaller mound southwest of Mound B is barely visible. A fourth small mound was formerly located about 225 feet southwest of Mound A. When first recorded in 1926, Mound A had a two-tiered platform––the western summit was roughly 18 feet in height and the eastern summit was somewhat shorter. This two-tiered mound is similar in structure to Mound A at the nearby Beaverdam site. Currently, Mound A is about 12 feet tall at its highest point. Mound B, located 525 feet northwest of Mound A, is conical in shape and roughly 3 feet tall. The abandoned schoolhouse on its summit has been there since the 1920s or perhaps earlier. Professional archaeological excavations in the western slope of Mound A indicate that the mounds were built by Native American people during the Mississippian period, ca. AD 1200-1600.
