Posts about Architecture and Historic Preservation

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These buildings, located on the west side of the 200 South Main Street, were demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the McLean C...

First opened in 1910, the Majestic Theatre was located at the corner of East and Washington streets in downtown Bloomington. This March...

This undated photograph was taken not too long before this historic house, a mix of Second Empire and Italianate architectural styles, ...

Town of Normal founder Jesse Fell built this house in 1856-1857, nearly a decade before the establishment of the town itself.It origina...

The south side of the 200 block of West Washington Street is seen here about 1883. That’s the three-story Bloomington Fire Department S...

Back in the summer of 1925 iron workers were completing the steel frame for the new Ensenberger’s furniture store high rise. This seven...

Watterson Towers, a 28-story residence hall complex located on the Illinois State University campus, opened in 1969. It houses some 2,2...

Although both Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan universities have their share of fraternities, the only honest-to-goodness animal ho...

Located at the northeast corner of Center and Market streets, this downtown landmark dates to 1913 when it first served as an addition ...