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National Register of Historic Places

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The National Register of Historic Places is the United States' official list of historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and run by the National Park Service, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.

Historic sites on the National Register are divided into four types — buildings, structures, sites, and objects. Examples of each include houses and commercial buildings; bridges and walls; cemeteries and archaeological sites; and cannons and historical markers. Although many places are listed on the National Register by themselves or in small groups, places can also be part of historic districts, which comprise multiple historic sites that are related to each other and that are in close physical proximity to each other. Locations qualify to be added to the National Register if they pass one or more of four criteria:

  • Criterion A — event: the property is associated with historic events in our past
  • Criterion B — person: the property is associated with a historically significant person
  • Criterion C — construction: the property is a historically significant example of a style of architecture or method of construction
  • Criterion D — information: the property is capable of yielding historically important information, usually through archaeological investigation

In general, places can only qualify to be listed on the National Register if they are at least fifty years old. While it is possible for places to be listed if they have been modified in comparatively recent times, such modifications must not be extensive; properties must be substantially unchanged so that they be deemed to retain their historic nature.

Over eighty-five thousand locations in the United States are listed on the National Register, including over seventeen hundred in Indiana. Forty-one of those locations are found in Monroe County, which gives it the tenth highest total among the state's counties. This distribution is substantially greater than that of surrounding areas, which have the following number of places listed on the National Register:

In Monroe County, the historic sites are heavily concentrated in Bloomington; only eleven are found in the county's other municipalities or in unincorporated areas. Ellettsville and Stinesville have historic districts in their downtowns, and nine places are found in six townships.

Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or Town Summary
1 Elias Abel House February 19, 1982 317 N. Fairview Street
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Bloomington
2 Blair-Dunning House February 10, 1983 608 W. 3rd Street
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Bloomington
3 Bloomington City Hall Waldron-Arts-Center-20060716.jpg September 14, 1989 122 S. Walnut Street
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Bloomington
4 Bloomington West Side Historic District February 14, 1997 Roughly bounded by W. 10th, N. Morton, W. 4th, and N. Adams Streets
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Bloomington
5 Cantol Wax Company Building Cantol Wax 2.JPG May 24, 1990 211 N. Washington Street
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Bloomington
6 Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant March 15, 2000 318 S. Washington Street
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Bloomington
7 Cochran-Helton-Lindley House June 20, 1979 405 N. Rogers Street
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Bloomington
8 Courthouse Square Historic District Indiana Theatre.JPG December 18, 1990 Roughly bounded by 7th, Walnut, and 4th Streets, and College Avenue
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Bloomington
9 Ellettsville Downtown Historic District September 20, 2006 Roughly bounded by Main, Sale, Walnut, and Association Streets
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Ellettsville
10 Ennis Archaeological Site (12 OW 229) May 30, 1985 Along the Monroe/Owen county line on the southern edge of the Flatwoods region, west of Ellettsville
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Richland Township Also partly in Owen County
11 Epsilon II Archeological Site (12MO133) March 25, 1986 On the Lake Monroe shoreline at Ransburg Scout Reservation, southeast of Bloomington
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Polk Township
12 Hinkle-Garton Farmstead April 12, 2007 2920 E. 10th Street
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Bloomington
13 Home Laundry Company March 15, 2000 300 E. 3rd Street
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Bloomington
14 Honey Creek School September 20, 1978 Northeast of Bloomington on Low Gap Road
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Benton Township
15 Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot June 23, 1983 301 N. Morton Street
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Bloomington
16 Johnson's Creamery March 14, 1996 400 W. 7th Street
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Bloomington
17 Kappa V Archeological Site (12MO301) March 31, 1986 Peninsula on the southern shore of Lake Monroe, southeast of Bloomington
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Bloomington
18 Legg House April 12, 2001 324 S. Henderson Street
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Bloomington
19 Maple Grove Road Rural Historic District August 21, 1998 Roughly Maple Grove Road from Beanblossom Creek to SR 46, northwest of Bloomington, including the eastern half of the Lancaster Park subdivision
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Bloomington and Richland Townships
20 Leroy Mayfield House June 10, 1994 110 N. Oard Road, west of Bloomington
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Richland Township
21 Millen House September 29, 2004 112 N. Bryan Avenue
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Bloomington
22 Joseph Mitchell House June 13, 1986 7008 Ketcham Road, west of Smithville
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Clear Creek Township
23 Monroe Carnegie Library 2009 HistoryCenter.jpg March 8, 1978 200 E. 6th Street
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Bloomington
24 Monroe County Courthouse Monroe county courthouse 20050718.jpg October 8, 1976 Courthouse Square
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Bloomington
25 Morgan House March 3, 1983 532 N. Walnut Street
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Bloomington Designed by architect George Franklin Barber
26 J.L. Nichols House and Studio September 27, 1984 820 N. College Avenue
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Bloomington
27 North Washington Street Historic District March 14, 1991 Roughly bounded by E. 10th, E. 8th, N. Walnut, and N. Lincoln Streets
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Bloomington
28 The Old Crescent Student-Building.jpg September 8, 1980 Indiana University campus
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Bloomington
29 Princess Theatre Princess.jpg June 16, 1983 206 N. Walnut Street
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Bloomington
30 Prospect Hill Historic District March 14, 1991 Roughly bounded by 3rd, Rogers, Smith, and Jackson Streets
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Bloomington
31 Second Baptist Church September 14, 1995 321 N. Rogers Street
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Bloomington
32 Secrest Ferry Bridge May 30, 1996 County Road 450E over the West Fork of the White River, south of Gosport
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Bean Blossom Township Also partly in Owen County
33 Seminary Square Park SeminaryPark.JPG September 19, 1977 College Avenue and E. 2nd Street
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Bloomington
34 Steele Dunning Historic District September 22, 2000 Roughly bounded by Maple Street, Kirkwood Avenue, Rogers Street, and W. 3rd Street
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Bloomington
35 Stinesville Commercial Historic District June 8, 1995 8201, 8211, 8223, 8231, and 8237 W. Main Street
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Stinesville
36 Daniel Stout House Mystery-picture-200741.jpg November 30, 1973 Northwest of Bloomington off SR 46, on Maple Grove Road
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Bloomington Township
37 University Courts Historic District December 26, 2007 Roughly bounded by 7th Street, Indiana Avenue, 10th Street, and Woodlawn Avenue
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Bloomington
38 Vinegar Hill Historic District June 17, 2005 E. 1st Street from Woodlawn to Jordan and S. Sheridan to E. Maxwell
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Bloomington
39 Wicks Building March 3, 1983 116 W. 6th Street
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Bloomington
40 Woolery Stone Company December 20, 2002 2295 W. Tapp Road
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Bloomington
41 Andrew Wylie House April 18, 1977 307 E. 2nd Street
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Bloomington

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