Bloomington West Side Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington,

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. The district encompasses 394 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in a mixed residential, commercial, and industrial section of Bloomington. It developed between about 1850 and 1946, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/ American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Elias Abel House, Cantol Wax Company Building, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Cochran-Helton-Lindley House, Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot, Johnson's Creamery, and Second Baptist Church. Other notable contributing resources include the

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

constructed wading pool, White Oak Cemetery, Ninth Street Park, Bloomington Wholesale Foods Warehouse (c. 1920), Bloomington Garage, Curry Buick, Banneker School, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Bloomington Frosted Foods. ''Note:'' This includes
Site map
and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1997.

Gallery

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References

Works Progress Administration in Indiana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bungalow architecture in Indiana Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana Historic districts in Monroe County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub