Courthouse Square Historic District | |
 Monroe County Courthouse, September 2010 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by 7th, Walnut and 4th Sts. and College Ave., Bloomington, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°10′00″N 86°32′04″W / 39.16667°N 86.53444°W |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Architect | Nichols, John Lincoln; Grindle, Alfred |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001931[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1990 |
Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings in the central business district of Bloomington. It developed between about 1847 and 1936, and includes notable examples of Classical Revival, Beaux Arts and Italianate style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Bloomington City Hall, Monroe County Courthouse, Princess Theatre, and Wicks Building. Other notable buildings include the Federal Building (c. 1912), Masonic Temple, former Faulkner Hotel (c. 1847), Odd Fellows Building (1892), Allen Building (1907), First National Bank Building (1907), Knights of Pythias Building (1907), and Graham Hotel Building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
Gallery
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North Side of Courthouse Square, 2016 -
Bloomington City Hall, 2016 -
116 S. Walnut Street, 2016 -
Graham Hotel Building, 2016 -
Princess Theater, 2016
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Cynthia J. Brubaker (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
