Charles Hoodenpyl was mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...

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Biography

Charles Hoodenpyl would serve as the mayor of Jeffersonville in 1952 until 1963 as the last part time mayor before being replaced by Richard Vissing

Richard Vissing

Richard Vissing was mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He served five terms from 1964–1983 and was the first full-time mayor.During his terms as mayor he was credited for helping revitalize the city and added parks to the city such as River City Park, now named Vissing Park in his honor...

. Hoodenpyl was mayor during the urban renewal

Urban renewal

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 era of Jeffersonville in which the former City Hall

City hall

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 was dubbed the "White Elephant

White elephant

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" by mayor Hoodenpyl. The building which was left vacant in 1935 before moving to the City-County building, was demolished during Hoodenpyl's administration. As mayor Hoodenpyl would work with Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

 in lobbying to secure funds in 1957 for the reconstruction of the McAlpine Locks and Dam

McAlpine Locks and Dam

The McAlpine Locks and Dam refers to the series of locks and the hydroelectric dam in Louisville, Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio. They are located at mile point 606.8 and control a 72.9 mile long navigation pool...

 on the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

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