Built: 1868
Renovated: 1988 by CFC Inc.,
a Cook Group company
107
West Kirkwood Avenue
This building once housed Whetsell Shoe Store, established in 1884 by Ed Whetsell — — Map (db m232321) HM
(Side One)
African-American students went to “Colored School” on 6th Street, circa 1874-1915, under 1869 law. New elementary school for black students opened here December 7, 1915 with 93 students and 3 teachers. Gymnasium . . . — — Map (db m74170) HM
In 1968, amidst sweeping political and social activism in the U.S., African American student Clarence “Rollo” Turner led protests against racial discrimination which were met with hostility. That fall, Turner opened the Black Market here, which . . . — — Map (db m232345) HM
For more than a century, Clear Creek and its tributaries were altered for industrial use. Today, this small stream has made a comeback.
McDoel Switchyard, 1949.
Image courtesy of the Monon Railroad . . . — — Map (db m245077) HM
In the Star Trek universe, Captain Kathryn Janeway is born right here in Bloomington, Indiana, May 20, 2336. From her rural beginnings, Janeway moved up the Starfleet ranks as a scientist and began a journey that led her to be captain of . . . — — Map (db m244757) HM
March 29, 1909
Presented by the War Dept. To Paul E. Slocum Post No. 85 G.A.R. and by the Post to Monroe Co.
In memory of her Soldiers of 1861-1865. — — Map (db m48388) HM
March 29, 1909
Presented by the War Dept. To Paul E. Slocum Post No. 85 G.A.R. and by the Post to Monroe Co.
In memory of her Soldiers of 1861-1865. — — Map (db m48594) HM
Collins has been a national leader in residential education centered on
self-governance, the arts, and sustainability since 1972. Built as the first
university-owned dormitory in 1924, Washington Hall (now Smith, formerly
South Hall) housed . . . — — Map (db m232348) HM
Born near Dana, Ind. Aug 3, 1900
Died on Ie Shima April 18, 1945
Reporter – Editor
Columnist – Correspondent
A sniper's bullet on Ie Shima ended Ernest Taylor Pyle's reporting of World War II in which he brought home to millions the . . . — — Map (db m232352) HM WM
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) developed and responded to consumer demand and new technologies to become a major Bloomington industry.
Showers Kitchen Cabinet Plant showing rail spurs.
In 1919, the Showers . . . — — Map (db m245021) HM
( Dates Carved Around Top )
1847 • 1861 • 1896 • 1917
( Left Panel )
Mexican War
1847
( Rest - Unreadable )
( Above Front Panel)
G. A. R.
( Front Panel )
(Eagle & Crest)
G. A. R.
L. W. . . . — — Map (db m48597) WM
(Side One)
Born and reared in Bloomington, he is considered one of the most important American songwriters of the twentieth century. Began attending Indiana University 1920; graduated with a law degree 1926. Tried law as career, but . . . — — Map (db m74169) HM
The more than 150 years of use as a railyard resulted in environmental degradation.
For more than a century, coal-fired steam engines left behind coal ash and cinders. This material was often used as fill to raise the ground . . . — — Map (db m244909) HM
Inns and taverns were some of Bloomington's earliest businesses. Temperance House was the first hotel, built in 1836 by the Orchard Brothers as a stopping point along their stage coach line which connected Indianapolis and Louisville.
The . . . — — Map (db m232326) HM
Segregation was rampant when African American Bill Garrett led Shelbyville to 1947 state high school basketball title. At the time, an unwritten rule barred blacks from Big Ten basketball. Faburn DeFrantz and Indianapolis black leaders worked with . . . — — Map (db m232349) HM
Ward W. and Ellis W. Johnson founded the Johnson Creamery in 1913. Johnson's provided milk, butter, cottage cheese, buttermilk, whipping cream, ice cream and ice.
“Today's Milk Today”
In the days before refrigeration, it was important for . . . — — Map (db m232231) HM
(Side One)
Excluded from social events at Indiana University, black male students founded and incorporated Kappa Alpha Nu in 1911. One of the earliest black national social fraternities established in the U.S. One goal was to expand to . . . — — Map (db m74172) HM
( Front )
The Spirit of
The Fighting Yank
Memorial to the
Armed Forces of the
United States of America
World War II
( Obverse )
E. M. Viquesney SC.
Co. 1943 — Spencer Ind.
Presented by . . . — — Map (db m48114) WM
Side One
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and Bloomington selected as county seat 1818. One-story, two-room log cabin built 1818 as first courthouse and school. Second courthouse, built here 1819-1826, was two stories, brick with . . . — — Map (db m48109) HM
1941 ————— 1945
The landscaping on these grounds was done
In Memory of
those from Monroe County
who made the Supreme Sacrifice
in World War II
( Row One )
Lawrence R. Abram • Roscoe D. . . . — — Map (db m48590) WM
Side A County's only Carnegie Library dedicated in 1918 as Bloomington Public Library with 6,439 volumes; built with local support and $31,000 from Carnegie Corporation. Replaced Colored School, at this site circa 1874-1915. Addition built . . . — — Map (db m47673) HM
The arrival of railroad transportation brought the mechanism for moving large quantities of goods in and out of the city. Early industries sprang up along the tracks and around railroad stations.
Illinois Central Freight Depot
Originally . . . — — Map (db m232234) HM
Front Congress, asserting that education was necessary for representative government, granted Indiana one township of land to support a seminary as part of its admission to statehood in 1816. In 1820, Governor Jonathan Jennings approved the . . . — — Map (db m60676) HM
In commemoration of
Susan B. Anthony's speech at
the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
(once located here)
November 10-11, 1887.
Susan B. Anthony was a champion for women's suffrage and a key advocate for women's rights. Her Bloomington . . . — — Map (db m232336) HM
In a pioneering artistic residency, Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926), a
renowned Indiana artist, served as honorary professor of painting from
1922 to 1926. In his spacious campus studio, located on the top floor of the
University Library (now . . . — — Map (db m232347) HM
Built: 1895
Renovated: 1988 by CFC, Inc.,
a Cook Group company
“The
Buskirk-Hill
Building”
113-115
West Kirkwood Avenue
In 1895, the Knights of Pythias moved into the third floor of this building. At that time, the third floor . . . — — Map (db m232236) HM
Side A By 1874, what has been known as the Colored School opened in Center School here at Sixth and Washington Streets to serve African-American elementary students of Bloomington. An 1869 law had mandated education of colored children, with . . . — — Map (db m47674) HM
Built 1865
Renovated: 1988 by CFC, Inc.,
a Cook Group company
“The
Mobley-Buskirk-Hill
Building”
117-119
West Kirkwood Avenue
The Bloomington City Directory lists this building as the location of the Davis Hardware Company in . . . — — Map (db m232235) HM
Originally the Louisville, New Albany and Salem line extended through Bloomington in 1853. It was hoped that the line would link Bloomington to markets on the Ohio River at New Albany and north to Michigan City and the Great Lakes. Bloomington . . . — — Map (db m244867) HM
Built: 1868
Renovated: 1988 by CFC, Inc.,
a Cook Group company
“The
Old Opera House”
103-105
West Kirkwood Avenue
This building originally housed a large music hall with 18' ceilings. In 1885, James Whitcomb Riley held poetry . . . — — Map (db m232323) HM
The railroad, with the switchyard at its center, connected an expanding Bloomington to new markets.
In 1853, the first railroad line reached Bloomington from the south. The New Albany and Salem originated in New Albany, Indiana. . . . — — Map (db m244784) HM
a Quaker, served Monroe County on the
Board of Commissioners 1977-1984, and the
County Council 1970-1976, 1989-1994, 2004-2013.
Through his efforts Monroe County is one of only a few
counties within the United States that
has a Monument to . . . — — Map (db m242297) HM
The Harris Ford Bridge provided a crossing for Warren County citizens. Built in 1887, it crossed Big Pine Creek, connecting the town of Attica with coal fields near Carbondale. The bridge carried traffic for 113 years. In 2000 it was replaced by . . . — — Map (db m244965) HM
This 23-acre preserve was acquired by The Nature Conservancy in 1963. Many people visit the preserve to look at the spring wildflower display and the view from the limestone community associated with the tops of the bluffs. Cedar Bluffs was . . . — — Map (db m245029) HM
(Side One)
Pennsylvania through truss iron bridge built 1903 by Lafayette Engineering Co.; crosses West Fork of White River, spans 316 feet, and rests on concrete and stone abutments. One of longest single-span iron bridges in Indiana; . . . — — Map (db m74167) HM
In 1827, Richard Gilbert opened a commercial limestone quarry three quarters of a mile south on Jack’s Defeat Creek. Stinesville’s oolitic limestone, desirable as building stone, was used in several Indiana courthouses and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ . . . — — Map (db m993) HM
