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
It is desperately strategic that our civilization realize something of the diversity in human sex behavior, and acquire some sympathetic understanding of that which is different from one's own.
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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
Proudly presented to Indiana University
by the
Class of 1941
Our Moments in Time
Tyranny threatened Europe and Asia. The United States stayed neutral, but sent aid to key allies through the Lend Lease Act. The British had "Their . . . — — Map (db m304559) 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
George Taliaferro was one of the greatest football players to ever play for the Hoosiers. But he was even more than that. He is also one of the most important figures in the history of Indiana University.
A 1981 inductee into the College . . . — — Map (db m304643) HM
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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
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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
The Memorial Pillar was built in 1922 for the pageant that marked the launching of the Memorial Fund drive in tribute to members of the Indiana University family who served in the First World War and earlier wars. The Memorial Fund drive resulted . . . — — Map (db m305714) HM WM
( 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
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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
From 1925 to 1961 this site was devoted to Indiana University athletic events, most notably football and track and field. The first Old Oaken Bucket Game was contested here in 1925. The Football Hoosiers posted a record of 69-52-7 in this stadium . . . — — Map (db m276728) 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
At this site on January 5, 1911, ten Indiana University students formed what is now known as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Today there are more than 760 collegiate and alumni chapters, with 150,000 members around the world, who have . . . — — Map (db m277278) 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
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 a separate . . . — — Map (db m47674) HM
Built between 1848 and 1854, the Legg House was constructed during Bloomington's first period of urbanization, when frontier conditions had only recently given way to the dignities of a town. This hall and parlor vernacular home, originally just . . . — — Map (db m275859) 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
founded in 1902
occupied a house on this corner
when it became the
Indiana Chapter
of
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
the oldest International
Non-secret Fraternity — — Map (db m305606) HM
In response to devastation produced by the storms of May 2011, the Bloomington campus, and community at large, gave generously to ensure the restoration of Indiana University's beautiful woodland landscape. Hundreds of trees were destroyed within . . . — — Map (db m276499) 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
Charles Clayton Morrison, one of the century's greatest Protestant leaders, planted this tree Feb. 10, 1942
In 1932 he was ordained a minister of the Disciples of Christ Church
Chicago, Syracuse and Oberlin Colleges gave him earned degrees
He . . . — — Map (db m277124) HM
Proudly presented to Indiana University by the
Class of 1942
Our Moments in Time
Pearl Harbor shocked the nation, rallying the United States to enter World War II. At Indiana University, physical education became a required credit for . . . — — Map (db m277218) HM WM
I was deeply interested in how institutions were initially crafted, and then how they affected the incentives and outcomes of human interactions in many settings.
Elinor "Lin" Ostrom was a global leader in the . . . — — Map (db m304166) HM
This tree, memorializing Catholicism, was planted Feb. 10, 1942 by Father James Martin Gilles, 1876-1957, during a four-day inter-faith mission to the campus
Father Gilles was priest, scholar, author, teacher, radio commentator
He was editor of . . . — — Map (db m277121) HM
Erected MCMXXIV
By the Alumni Students Faculty and friends of Indiana University
Memorial Stadium
In honor of the sons and daughters of Indiana University who have served in the wars of the republic
1924
Deposited herein are the . . . — — Map (db m305247) WM
Monroe County Veterans who made the supreme sacrifice in Korea
June 1950—January 1955
PFC Robert Chandler•
CPL James Pogue•
CPL James Gillaspy•
1LT Raymond Mc Doniel•
PFC Phillip Clayton•
PFC Donald Burks•
MAJ Joseph Terman•
PFC . . . — — Map (db m277483) WM
To honor all who served and those who gave their lives in Southeast Asia
Alan T. Read•
Walter M. Scott•
Harry T. Niggle•
Bruce W. Shaffer•
Daniel C. Nichols•
Rickey D. Southern•
Bobby Wilson•
Genie L. McDonald•
Joseph B. . . . — — Map (db m277471) WM
Born February 16, 1882, Abraham Cronback became a rabbi in 1906 and planted this tree Feb. 10, 1942 to commemorate Judaism
A man of profound scholarship, he served as prof in the
Hebrew Institute in Cincinnati
Friends called him "the man who . . . — — Map (db m277123) HM
These gates were made possible by a gift from Lowell E. Baier
A native son of Remington, Jasper County, Indiana, Lowell E. Baier was born January 6, 1940. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in 1964. In addition to . . . — — Map (db m277459) HM
Built: 1907
Renovated: 1988 by CFC, Inc.,
A Cook Group Company
"The First National Bank
Building"
121-123-125
West Kirkwood Avenue
The original building constructed on this site housed the First National Bank. In 1906, this building . . . — — Map (db m276967) HM
Jordan Creek is a critical part of the history of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Kappa is the first national student organization founded at Indiana University and was established here on January 5, 1911. Its history tells of the many crossings . . . — — Map (db m304544) HM
The mast of the USS Indiana is a gift of the United States Navy to Indiana University, with accompanying armament.
It stands as a memorial to the sons and daughters of the state of Indiana who have so gallantly served in the armed forces of our . . . — — Map (db m305239) HM WM
The prow of the USS Indiana, a World War II battleship, is a gift from the Frank Spenger Company to Indiana University. After the ship was decommissioned and dismantled, its prow became part of the Spenger collection of Navy memorabilia in . . . — — Map (db m305713) HM WM
Built in 1829, the Woodburn House is one of Bloomington's oldest properties. Professor James Woodburn purchased the home and surrounding land in 1855, beginning an 86-year
occupancy by the family. Herman B Wells leased the home in 1932 and lived . . . — — Map (db m304373) 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
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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
