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Arthur Pillsbury Collection
Arthur L. Pillsbury designed schools, churches, businesses, and homes, in the early 20th century. His buildings represent some of the ...
Barn Keepers
Barns are the most important structure on a farmstead. The earliest barns in Central Illinois were modest log buildings, but by the mid...
Barton House Archaeology and Family History
Milton Barton worked for Jesse Fell (founder and developer of Normal) and reportedly planted many of the trees at ISU. Barton was part ...
Building a Home 505 Bowles
The house at 505 Bowles, Normal, IL was built from 1951 to 1953 by Raymond W. and Evelyn Pauline Esworthy on a lot purchased in 1950. A...
Clarke, Marguerite E.
Marguerite E. (Dobson) Clarke (1916-2007) was a lifelong resident of Bloomington. She received a degree from Illinois Wesleyan Universi...
Dimmitts Grove Neighborhood Association
Dimmitt’s Grove is one of Bloomington’s oldest neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Association, formed in 1987, covers a geographical area ...
Ensenberger Building
G.A. Ensenberger and Sons had become a successful retail furniture store in Bloomington. Although the founder died in 1917, sons Frank...
Evans, Joseph Orme
Joseph Orme Evans (December 22, 1923-March 5, 2007) was a native of Bloomington, Illinois. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Un...
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection of Edgar Lundeen
Edgar Lundeen (1898 – 1986) was an architect who practiced in Bloomington IL throughout his career. He studied architecture at the Univ...
McLean County Bank Building
In 1853 the original McLean County Bank was founded as the first bank in Bloomington. It was eventually dissolved, and the new bank was...
McLean County Courthouse 4 Preservation Collection
The McLean County Courthouse was built between 1900 and 1903 after the Great Fire of June 1900. In the 1960s the courthouse was not lar...
Miller, George
George H. Miller (1856 - 1927) was one of eight children born to German immigrants in Bloomington; he grew up on the family farm near B...
Moratz, Paul O.
This collection contains a miscellany of items, such as newspaper articles, building specifications, correspondence, Paul Moratz public...
Multiple Listing Service
Multiple listing service (MLS) is a set of services that real estate brokers use determine how their fees are split among brokers and s...
Normal Theater
The Normal Theater was built by Sylvan and Ruth Kupfer, who owned the 209 North Street lot where the movie house went up. The grand ope...
Old House Society
The Old House Society is a nonprofit organization in McLean County devoted to the preservation and celebration of architecture of the p...
People’s Bank
The Peoples Bank was first incorporated in March 22, 1869, with George W. Parks as President and had its operations at Center and Washi...
State Farm Building
The State Farm Building in downtown Bloomington, the tallest building in the downtown area, has long been a local landmark. Desi...
Wilson, Harrold B. Collection
Harrold Braden Wilson was born June 13, 1904, in Weldon, Illinois, and died June 3, 1991, in Bloomington. He first married Alice Carlso...