Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district 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 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 ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Bloomington City Hall, Monroe County Courthouse, Princess Theatre, and Wicks Building. 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