Prospect Hill 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 at
Bloomington,
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 38 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Bloomington. It developed between about 1840 and 1936, and includes notable examples of
Queen Anne,
Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
,
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...
,
Mission Revival
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...
, 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 ...
/
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
Blair-Dunning House.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
Site map
and Accompanying photographs.
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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References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Bungalow architecture in Indiana
Queen Anne architecture in Indiana
Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana
Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana
Mission Revival architecture in Indiana
Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana
Historic districts in Monroe County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana
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