North Washington Street Historic District (Bloomington, Indiana)
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North Washington Street Historic District is a national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
located in the city of Bloomington of
Monroe County, Indiana Monroe County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the United States Census Bureau, US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean center of U.S. population, mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The ...
. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 6 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Bloomington. It developed between roughly 1870 and 1929, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne,
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
, and
Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...
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American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. ...
style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Morgan House. Other notable buildings include the Showers-Graham House (c. 1905), Showers-Myers House (c. 1900), Teter House (c. 1913), and Washington Terrace Apartments (1929). ''Note:'' This includes
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1991.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bungalow architecture in Indiana Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Neoclassical 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