2016 Property Sure 2206 N Street Bedford, Indiana 47421 Photograph taken in 2016 of the Property Sure building located at 2206 N Street in Bedford, Indiana. 206 Woodcliff Way Bedford, Indiana 47421 Photograph taken in 2016 of the building located at 206 Woodcliff Way in Bedford, [...]
2010 408 West 6th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404 Centerstone Recovery Engagement Center 221 North Rogers Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404 Photograph taken in 2016 of the Centerstone Recovery Engagement Center building located at 221 North Rogers Street in Bloomington, Indiana. This building is a historic former Boarding House [...]
Below is a small collection of existing building surveys completed within the years listed above. Over the years surveying buildings has been one of the best parts of being a architectural and structural draftsman giving you the ability to examine construction methods spanning multiple generations of builders of the time. There are so many buildings [...]
The Kirby-McMillian (McMillon) home is located at 2175 South Kirby Road in Van Buren Township of Monroe County, Indiana. The original property was originally obtained from the United States Government in 1832 by Joseph and Sara Saunders. Upon Joseph Saunders passing, he willed the property to John Eller in 1836. Somewhere down the line, Mr. [...]
Recently, the state of Indiana finished the I-69 interstate from Evansville, Indiana to Bloomington, Indiana and currently in the process of the leg from Bloomington to Indianapolis. Throughout this construction process, you wouldn't believe the amount of residential structures that have been demolished within the county to accommodate this mass transportation venture. While some were [...]
Monroe County Indiana is comprised of nine townships, the focus of this piece of land is located within the Van Buren Township just southwest of Bloomington, Indiana along the Greene County line. Within each and every one of the townships are small parcels of land that someone in the past has owned and each one [...]
In 1989 Bloomington Restorations, Inc. published an interim book containing the historic sites, structures, and locations of many buildings throughout the Monroe County Indiana area. After some review, I have noticed that many buildings either no longer exist to this day or some buildings have been missed in the Van Buren Township area just southwest [...]
The Blossom Community in Monroe County, Indiana In the early years of Monroe County there were many different communities spread throughout the county. One such community that has been lost was Blossom. The Blossom community was a small gathering of buildings and even a post office that would be located southwest of [...]
The Monroe County Library states that a school was to be taught in the home owned by Marion Blair, who lives in Section 18 in Van Buren Township, and he would be employed as the teacher. (Source: Mabel Pafford Hornocker, A Century of Development Van Buren Township (Bloomington: Van Buren Farm Bureau, 1940), 74.) Marion [...]
The Blanche community in Monroe County In the early years of Monroe County there were many different communities spread throughout the county. One such community that has been lost was Blanche. The Blanche community was a small gathering of saw mills, stores, and even a post office that would be located just due south of [...]
