Courthouse Square Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

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 ...

. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Bloomington. It developed between about 1847 and 1936, and includes notable examples of

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

, Beaux Arts and

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Bloomington City Hall Waldron Arts Center, also known as the Old City Hall and Fire Station, is a historic city hall located at Bloomington, Indiana. It was built in 1915, and is a three-story rectangular Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style limestone building. A ...

, Monroe County Courthouse, Princess Theatre, and

Wicks Building The Wicks Building is a historic commercial building on Courthouse Square in downtown Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Built in the early twentieth century in a distinctive style of architecture, it has remained in consistent commercial us ...

. Other notable buildings include the Federal Building (c. 1912), Masonic Temple, former Faulkner Hotel (c. 1847), Odd Fellows Building (1892), Allen Building (1907), First National Bank Building (1907), Knights of Pythias Building (1907), and Graham Hotel Building. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1990.

Gallery

File:20160811 05 Bloomington IN.jpg, alt=, North Side of Courthouse Square, 2016 File:Bloomington City Hall - Bloomington.jpg, alt=, Bloomington City Hall, 2016 File:116 S. Walnut Street.jpg, alt=, 116 S. Walnut Street, 2016 File:Graham Hotel Building.jpg, alt=, Graham Hotel Building, 2016 File:Princess Theatre - Bloomington, IN.jpg, alt=, Princess Theater, 2016

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana Historic districts in Monroe County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub