Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL
Summary
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. Platted in 1831 by Jonathan Cherry, Timothy Hoblitt, and Jesse Havens, Bloomington was laid out on a rectangular grid with the center block dedicated to a public square. In 1900 a fire destroyed many of the buildings facing the square and also consumed the just completed County Courthouse. Designed by the prominent architect, Alfred H. Picquenard, the courthouse was rebuilt as before and occupies the center of the square...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N215
Survey number: HABS IL-1198
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Doyle, Lawrence
Farlander, Mary
Flynn, Thomas
Fung, Ray
Hilliard, Tanya
McMillan, William
Puryear, Lisa
Rubano, Anthony
Sejud, Charles
Sprincz, Lynne
Garner, John, faculty sponsor
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, sponsor
Location
bloomington, 40.48420, -88.99369
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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