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Architecture and Historic Preservation

Articles

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‘I-house’ early Corn Belt architectural style
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Bloomington’s Oakland School a modernist architectural gem
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Bloomington’s oldest park turns 165 this week
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‘Spanish craze’ of 1920s left imprint on area architecture
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Short-lived performance hall once city’s finest
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End of horse era spurs revolution in barn design
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‘New’ Bloomington High opened in 1959
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Standpipe once towered over Twin Cities
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Great Fire couldn’t dampen Christmas spirit
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Stipp house was Bloomington’s oldest
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South side firehouse built after Great Fire of 1900

Biographies

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Moratz, Paul
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Pillsbury, Arthur L.
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White, Samuel

Blog

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Photo of the Week, 55: McKnight & McKnight Building, August 1929

Photo of the Week, 70: A Real Animal House

Jesse Fell House March 1947

Pillsbury House The Wrecking Ball Looms

Majestic Theatre, Bloomington May 1937

Waiting for the wrecking ball, 1971 200 block South Main Street

Ensenberger’s, 1925 West Side of Square, Bloomington

Photo of the Week, 122: Watterson Towers, October 1967 -- Twenty-One Stories to Go!

Bloomington Fire Station No. 2 214 W. Washington St., c. 1883

Santas Back in Town

Finding Aids

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Building a Home 505 Bowles

Ensenberger Building

Evans, Joseph Orme

McLean County Bank Building

Moratz, Paul O.

Multiple Listing Service

Old House Society

People’s Bank

Wilson, Harrold B. Collection

State Farm Building

McLean County Courthouse 4 Preservation Collection

Historic American Buildings Survey Collection of Edgar Lundeen

Clarke, Marguerite E.

Dimmitts Grove Neighborhood Association
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Arthur Pillsbury Collection

Learn

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Architecture of Downtown Bloomington
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Architecture Hunt

Publications

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Art Work of Bloomington, Illinois

Franklin Park Architectural Tour

Lexington Architectural Tour

Standing On The Corner: A Tour of the Architecture of Downtown Bloomington

The Old McLean County Courthouse

Up To Date Homes

Speakers Bureau

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A History of the Evergreen Cemetery Walk

Downtown Bloomington Architectural Tour

Old McLean County Courthouse

Step On Tour of Evergreen Memorial Cemetery

The Architecture of A. L. Pillsbury

The Monuments Speak: The Art and Architecture of Evergreen Memorial Cemetery

McLean County Lost: An Illustrated Tour of Vanished Worlds

Websites

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A History of Founders Grove in Maps

Architecture of McLean County

Bloomington, Illinois 1838

Old House Society

QR Code Smart Phone Tour of Downtown Bloomington