Courthouse Square Historic District (Bloomington, Indiana)


Courthouse Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. 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
Coordinates	39°10′00″N 86°32′04″W / 39.16667°N 86.53444°W / 39.16667; -86.53444Coordinates: 39°10′00″N 86°32′04″W / 39.16667°N 86.53444°W / 39.16667; -86.53444
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architect	Nichols, John Lincoln; Grindle, Alfred
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Italianate
NRHP Reference #	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]

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Cynthia J. Brubaker (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana

Historic districts	Bloomington West Side Historic District Courthouse Square Historic District Ellettsville Downtown Historic District Maple Grove Road Rural Historic District North Washington Street Historic District Prospect Hill Historic District Steele Dunning Historic District Stinesville Commercial Historic District University Courts Historic District Vinegar Hill Historic District

Other properties	Elias Abel House Blair-Dunning House Bloomington City Hall Cantol Wax Company Building Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant Cochran-Helton-Lindley House Ennis Archaeological Site (12 OW 229) Epsilon II Archeological Site (12MO133) Hinkle-Garton Farmstead Home Laundry Company Honey Creek School Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot Johnson's Creamery Kappa V Archeological Site (12MO301) Legg House Leroy Mayfield House Millen House Joseph Mitchell House Monroe Carnegie Library Monroe County Courthouse Morgan House J.L. Nichols House and Studio The Old Crescent Princess Theatre Second Baptist Church Secrest Ferry Bridge Seminary Square Park Daniel Stout House Wicks Building Woolery Stone Company Andrew Wylie House

Formerly listed	St. John's Lutheran Church

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Indiana and List of National Historic Landmarks in Indiana

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana

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