Cantol Wax Company Building, also known as Oakes Manufacturing Company Building and Wylie's Furniture Warehouse, is a historic industrial / commercial building located at Bloomington,

Monroe County, Indiana Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomin ...

. It was built between about 1905 and 1907, and consists of a -story, rectangular, front section, and -story rear addition. The masonry building has a rubble

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foundation,

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block walls, and

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style design elements. It was originally constructed for the Oakes Manufacturing Company, then housed the Cantol Wax Company after 1920. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1990. It is located in the

Bloomington West Side Historic District Bloomington West Side Historic District is a national historic district located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 394 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in a mixed resid ...

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