In the 19th and early 20th centuries, livery stables were a common sight in Vincennes. With horses being the principal means of transportation, a place to house the animals, along with buggies and other horse-drawn vehicles, and to purchase the same was a necessity. Some humorously termed the stables âhorse hotels.â One large livery stable in the city was owned by John T. McJimsey. McJimsey built his livery on Third Street, just off Busseron, in 1884. He leased the property, where a pork house had stood, in the autumn of that year and the livery opened in early December. The building could house 70 horses and had a large carriage room.