Bloomington West Side Historic District Explained

Bloomington West Side Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by W. 10th, N. Morton, W. 4th, and N. Adams Sts., Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates:39.1686°N -86.54°W
Architect:Nichols, John; Plato, Samuel
Architecture:Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, gabled end
Added:February 14, 1997
Refnum:97000055

Bloomington West Side Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 394 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in a mixed residential, commercial, and industrial section of Bloomington. It developed between about 1850 and 1946, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Elias Abel House, Cantol Wax Company Building, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Cochran-Helton-Lindley House, Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot, Johnson's Creamery, and Second Baptist Church. Other notable contributing resources include the Works Progress Administration constructed wading pool, White Oak Cemetery, Ninth Street Park, Bloomington Wholesale Foods Warehouse (c. 1920), Bloomington Garage, Curry Buick, Banneker School, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Bloomington Frosted Foods.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bloomington West Side Historic District. 2016-05-01. Cynthia Brubaker and Nancy Heistand. PDF. February 1996., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.