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Carl was a member of the original Lions Club of Bloomington, an honorary vice-president for life of the McLean County Historical Society. He belonged to the Masons and the Order of the Eastern Star, was elected president of the Community Players Theater in 1923, and served as public relations and information chairman of the McLean County ...
Set in a residential neighborhood on Bloomington's near-south-side, the three-story yellow brick mansion comprises 36 rooms in an Italianate villa style. The mansion's lot includes an 1872 wood house, a barn and stable, privies , a foaling shed, carriage barn , and a flower and ornamental cutting garden."Sarah's Garden", the Victorian cut ...
George H. Miller (May 7, 1856 – March 6, 1927) was an American architect who practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Miller spent almost his entire life in Bloomington, learning the architecture trade through local firm Richter & Bunting. Miller established his own practice in 1875 and designed many of Bloomington's prominent buildings.
Born in Bloomington Rachel Crothers: Dec 12, 1870: Jul 5, 1958: Playwright Born in Bloomington Steve George: May 20, 1955: musician and keyboardist of the pop band Mr. Mister: Born in Bloomington Joel Higgins: Sep 28, 1943: Actor (Edward W. Stratton, III on Silver Spoons) Born in Bloomington Pawnee Bill: Feb 14, 1860: Feb 3, 1942: Wild West ...
ABLA Homes (Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes) was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing development that comprised four separate public housing projects on the Near-West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The name "ABLA" was an acronym for the names of the four different housing developments that ...
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.
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]
The Indian Lakes Resort originally was a country club which was named the Indian Lakes Country Club which opened in 1965. [1] In 1971, Carson Pirie Scott purchased the property to build a 6-7 story hotel. [2] The original golf course buildings were renovated to fit the needs of the hotel.