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Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

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Public Square, Bloomington, McLean County, IL

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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

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Date

1933 - 1970
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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
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Location

bloomington40.48420, -88.99369
Google Map of 40.4842027, -88.99368729999999
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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