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The seven-floor Ensenberger Building, at 212 N. Center St., was completed in 1926 at a cost of $250,000. The building was the home of Bloomington icon Ensenberger Furniture from its opening until the time it closed in 1995. The furniture store was started in 1879 by Gustave A. Ensenberger and operated by his descendants until its closure.
Market Warriors is an American reality television series that follows four professional antiquers as they buy assigned items at flea markets and antique shows on a budget. The items are then sold at auction, where the antiquers compete for the highest profit, which is most often determined by the lowest loss. [1] [2] [3]
The White Place Historic District is a residential historic district in Bloomington, Illinois. The district includes houses on White Place, North Clinton Boulevard, and the east side of Fell Avenue bordered to the south by Empire Street (U.S. Route 9) and Emerson Street to the north.
Illinois State Redbirds (2021–present) Bloomington Bison ( ECHL ) (2024–) Grossinger Motors Arena [ 7 ] (formerly known as U.S. Cellular Coliseum and simply the Coliseum [ 7 ] ) is an arena in downtown Bloomington , Illinois .
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [5] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. [6]
Mecum Auctions was founded in 1988 by Dana Mecum, [1] a car enthusiast whose father operated a dealership in Marengo, Illinois. [2] [3] Dana Mecum initially bought 40 semi-trailer trucks in the 1980s, and traded 10 of them for four houses which he rented out.
Past award-winning exhibits include Just Corn: The "Amazing" Story; A Turbulent Time: Perspectives of the Vietnam War; and To Sustain the Union: Central Illinois in the Civil War. [5] The Museum displays the Tilbury Flash, a racing plane designed by Bloomington resident Owen Tilbury in 1932, at the Central Illinois Regional Airport. It was the ...
The first eight-floor section of the building (the south portion) was constructed in 1929. [2] In 1934, an additional four floors and a penthouse were added. [2] Five years later, State Farm acquired the property directly to the north of the lot the Downtown Building was constructed on. [2]