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 of Bloomington.
Various sources have been utilized in order to name these structures, I do not claim these are the proper/official names for the original building owners and only what I could base my findings from. Multiple plat maps from the 1850’s to the 1950’s for Monroe County Indiana were used in conjunction with building locations shown in the 1910 Monroe County map to identify some of these. Additional work was used to identify the parcels these structures were located on by overlaying multiple maps with current aerial photography and aligning the section corners.
A few buildings have been added that have been renovated or had additions added on to them over time, however the original structure is still intact and should at least be recognized.
#001 Wiley Family grandmothers home (relocated in 2015)
5451 West State Road 48
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#002 Benjamin Neeld-Wiley Farmstead (demolished 2015)
825 South Kirby Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#003 Benjamin Gifford House
5050 West Gifford Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#004 Mary Hickey House (Built 1940)
7950 West State Road 48
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#005 The Terrell House (Built 1946)
1799 South Garrison Chapel Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#006 Garrison Chapel United Methodist Church
1730 South Garrison Chapel Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#007 The Lawrence House
2050 South Garrison Chapel Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#008 The Keller House
8155 West Rice Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#009 The Reed House
8790 West Rice Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#010 John Morris House
8200 West Hendricks Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#011 John Hamars House
1535 S Garrison Chapel Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#012 The Kirby House
2175 South Kirby Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#013 The John Endwright House
2222 South Endwright Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#014 The Gardner One-Room School House (remodeled)
8817 West Gardner Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#015 The Kirby School Site (demolished 1950)
Southwest parcel at the intersection of Gifford & Kirby Road.
All that remains on the site is one dual port out-house structure.
#016 The Ward School House
4044 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#017 The Langull House
2621 South Leonard Springs Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#018 The Thrasher Farm
(Kiesler structure re-located from Stanford in the 1960’s)
8800 West Rice Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#019 The Kelly House
4136 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#020 The Charles Bunger House
4505 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#020a The Bunger-Ward Cemetery
4505 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#021 The Jacob Bunger House
5257 Airport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#022 The Jess Goodman House
5333 West Airport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#023 The Joe Ferguson House
3399 South Bunger Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#024 The W.A. Rumple House
3300 South Bunger Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#025 The Joseph Bunger House
5796 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#026 The Hanson House
6009 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#027 The Ed Keller House (Built 1899)
9797 West Gardner Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#028 The Burks House
9090 West Gardner Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#029 The Alfred Utt House
9777 West Gardner Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#029a The Hetherington House
9950 West Gardner Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#030 The James Koontz House
8350 West Elwren Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#031 The Festas House
4665 South Garrison Chapel Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#032 The Helm House
9325 West Elwren Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#033 The Robert James Whaley House
9435 West Elwren Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#034 The Harmony Church of Christ
4899 South Harmony Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#035 The King House
4855 South Harmony Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#036 Unknown
7444 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#037 The Pike House
7176 West Dinsmore Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#038 Frank Riggs House
6455 South Harmony Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#039 The J. Funkhouser House
7620 West Eller Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#040 Oscar Abram House
8212 West State Road 48
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#041 The A. Walker House
9370 West Elwren Runaround
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#042 The Lula Dunlap House
6601 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#043 The Joseph Dinsmore House
6580 West Eller Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#044 Cole-County Farm Cemetery
5700 W. Airport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#046 The John Riggs House
5641 West Leonard Springs Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#047 The J.F. Leonard House
5195 West Leonard Springs Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#049 J. H. Bakeretal House
4420 West Duvall Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#050 The Thomas Fullerton House
3540 West Fullerton Pike
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#051 The Cletus Green House
5525 South Rockport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#052 The Charles Gapen House
4791 South Rockport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#053 The A. Ferguson House
5489 South Rockport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#054 The Mary Tresler House
5560 South Rockport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#056 The Blossom/South Union one-room school house
4396 West May Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#057 The M. Rush House
4410 West May Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#058 Harmony Cemetery
West Ison Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#060 The Della C. Pitman House
6825 West Ison Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#061 The M.T. McFarland House
7333 West Ison Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#062 The Curtis Quimby House
8951 West Hinds Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#063 The James King House
9108 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#064 The Martha Johnson House
8521 West Hinds Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#065 The Solomon S. Sparks Farmhouse
6519 South Breeden Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#066 Unknown
9191 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#068 Unknown
9606 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#069 The Wes Duvall House
6130 West Duvall Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#070 Koontz Cemetery
West Duvall Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#071 The Joe Frisby House
5401 West Duvall Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#072 The George Fielder House
6363 West Duvall Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#073 South Union Christian Church
6510 South Rockport Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#074 The Charles Beard House
9620 West State Road 45
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#075 The S.E. Bowers House
South Stanford Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
#076 The M. Harrow House
7850 West Elwren Road
Bloomington, Indiana 47403
