2010

408 West 6th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of 408 West 6th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Centerstone Recovery Engagement Center
221 North Rogers Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of 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 built in 1850 and is one of the surviving I-House styled homes in downtown Bloomington, Indiana.

Weddle Brothers Corporate Office
2182 West Industrial Park Drive
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of Weddle Brothers Corporate Office 2182 West Industrial Park Drive Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of one of the buildings directly behind Weddle Brothers Corporate Office building located at 2182 West Industrial Park Drive in Bloomington, Indiana.

Monroe Oil Facility
229 West 1st Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2005 photograph of the Monroe Oil facility located in Bloomington, Indiana

Photograph taken in 2010 of the original Monroe Oil facility.  To the right the original smaller solvent tanks are still present and to the left part of the larger heating oil tanks can be seen by the red painted concrete foundation supports.

2012

Indiana University Environmental Health and Safety
2427 East Second Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

2016 existing building photograph of Indiana University Environmental Health and Safety 2427 East Second Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of of the Indiana University Environmental Health and Safety building located at 2427 East Second Street in Bloomington, Indiana.

Institute for International Business
316 North Jordan Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405

2016 existing building photograph of Institute for International Business 316 North Jordan Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405

Photograph taken in 2016 of of the Indiana University Institute for International Business building located at 316 North Jordan Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana.

Cafe Bali
201 South Grant Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of Cafe Bali 201 South Grant Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of of the Cafe Bali building located at 201 South Grant Street in Bloomington, Indiana.

2013

Royal on the Eastside
3333 East 3rd Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Existing photograph of Royal on the Eastside in Bloomington, Indiana

Photograph taken in 2013 of the Royal on the Eastside automobile dealership building located at 3333 East 3rd Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  This structure underwent a complete renovation update in 2016 to conform with the vehicle manufacturers current branding image programs.

430 East Second Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

2016 existing building photograph of 430 East Second Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of the building located at 430 East Second Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  This structure was designed by John L. Nichols who was one of Bloomington, Indiana’s first professional architects.

308 North Rogers Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of 308 North Rogers Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of the building located at 308 North Rogers Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  This structure was renovated under the authority of Bloomington Restorations, Inc.

Greek Accounting
608 North College Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of Greek Accounting 608 North College Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Greek Accounting victorian building located at 608 North College Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana.  This structure was renovated under the authority of Bloomington Restorations, Inc.

WS Manors Apartments
631 North College Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of WS Manors Apartments 631 North College Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of the WS Manors Apartment building located at 631 North College Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana.  I can’t tell you how many times I bumped my head in the crawlspace of this building trying to find my way through it just to gather dimensions in the dark space.

Big Red Liquors
1110 North College Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2016 existing building photograph of Big Red Liquors 1110 North College Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Big Red Liquors building located at 1110 North College Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana.

2014

Suburban Bowling Lanes a.k.a. Furniture Exchange
2634 North Walnut Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47404

2011 existing building photograph of Suburban Lanes

In 2011 the existing building had already closed down and was having a public auction in order to liquidate the remaining assets in the building.

2016 existing building photograph of Suburban Lanes wood beams

The above image is a close-up of one of the massive laminated wood beams supporting the roof structure of the original Suburban Lanes bowling alley that was maintained.  I have others but I try to maintain the owners privacy and not show any interior layouts for security and liabilities I’m sure you understand.

However, during the original survey it was really haunting as I remember years ago I walked in this building shooting pool, playing video games and hung out with friends while loud music was playing on the jukebox.  On the survey, all the finishes were pretty much stripped from the walls, the bathrooms were just in a disarray (to put it politely) and it was pretty much just a shell of a building with only the office and bar area walls and openings remaining.  The entire structure was dark, damp, and quiet so much that occasionally you could hear a mouse, or at least I hoped it was a mouse, scurry around in the darkness to the point it would spook you.  The main section where everyone played pool was a solid concrete slab and then there was a large step down about a couple feet which was probably where the stairs were to go sit and bowl.  Once you passed this area all of the lanes were actually recessed again down to another slab level and the lanes were separated by wooden beams.  Needless to say there was many times walking around in the darkness that I either tripped and fell or bumped my shin on these beams in the floor that you couldn’t see.  Once you got to the back there was this huge stout wall that was off the floor about 8 feet or so which I can remember as being the end of the bowling lanes where the alley pin setup machines sat behind.

2016 existing building photograph of Furniture Exchange 2634 North Walnut Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Big Red Liquors building located at 1110 North College Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana.

Wings Extreme U
2620 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of Wings Extreme U 2620 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Wings Extreme U tenant space located at 2620 East 10th Street in Bloomington, Indiana.

During the time of the survey, the entire existing building and parking area was under renovation with minimal business’s still active only on the east side of the structure.  The existing tenant of the project was some sort of furniture business based on the items that were found on site.

Economy Fireplace
5804 West State Road 46
Elletsville, Indiana 47429

2016 existing building photograph of Economy Fireplace 5804 West State Road 46 Elletsville, Indiana 47429

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Economy Fireplace building located at 5804 West State Road 46 in Elletsville, Indiana.

Occasionally I would stop by this establishment to gather information on custom fireplaces for new projects and the owner asked me one day if I could help him get some plans together.  It seemed they had started to build an addition on the south side of the existing building and didn’t have any permits, so I agreed to do so but let them know I was not a licensed architect and couldn’t submit it to state.  Now technically the overall structure was below the requirements for submitting a commercial building for permitting and I could’ve easily submitted it with the code knowledge I have, but I felt that they were better suited for an architect considering all of the existing fireplaces that were working in the building not to mention fire protection required.  So that’s what I did and everything went smooth, I surveyed and drew up the existing exterior elevations and floor plans and handed them right over to a local architect to review and submit.  It’s better to know your strengths and weakness’s and to look out for everyone even if they are your client or not.  Many drafters fly by the seat of their pants and draw absolutely everything just for money in the door, but there are plenty of restrictions and just because you ‘can’ draw something doesn’t always mean you should.

2015

The Dynasty
113 South Grant Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of The Dynasty 113 South Grant Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Dynasty building located at 113 South Grant Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  The previous tenant to this space was The Snow Lion that served Tibetan and Indian cuisine.

511 North Lincoln Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of 511 North Lincoln Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of the residential apartment building located at 511 North Lincoln Street in Bloomington, Indiana.

Leonards Home Dry Cleaning
309 South Lincoln Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

2016 existing building photograph of Leonards Home Dry Cleaning 309 South Lincoln Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Leonard’s Home Dry Cleaning building located at 309 South Lincoln Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  At the time of my survey, Rachel’s Cafe’ was the current occupant that was pretty busy in the front of the building along East Third Street.

The India Garden
416 East 4th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of The India Garden 416 East 4th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of The India Garden building located at 416 East 4th Street in Bloomington, Indiana built in approximately 1920 and is another building that is located on ‘restaurant row’ in downtown Bloomington.  If memory serves me correctly I believe there was a tenant build-out upstairs with that had a local architect involved considering the location but do not know the details.

1016 East Sassafras Circle
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of 1016 East Sassafras Circle Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of building located at 1016 East Sassafras Circle in Bloomington, Indiana.

Bloomington Athletic Club
2450 South Henderson Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

  • Bloomington Athletic Club
  • 2000-2010? Comcast Communications
  • 2010?-2015 Habitat for Humanity Restore
  • 2015 All American Storage
2016 existing building photograph of Bloomington Athletic Club 2450 South Henderson Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of Bloomington Athletic Club building located at 2450 South Henderson Street in Bloomington, Indiana.  Over the years this building has changed hands a few times just in my memories alone, the first I can recall it was the Bloomington Athletic Club or something that had large painted figures on the exterior of the building playing racketball and shooting basketball.  It then became Comcast Communications where everyone had to take in the cable boxes to get serviced because the would always give you refurbished cable boxes and constantly broke down.  The day I surveyed this structure it was the current home to the Habitat for Humanity Restore company that would take donations from the community and then sell them to others in order to provide funding for their institution.  It wasn’t long after I measured and drew up the existing plans that Habitat for Humanity Restore relocated to their new facility located out on Automall Road.  Currently the buildings tenant is All American Storage.

Ellis Floral Shop
2500 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

  • Ellis Floral Shop
  • Sprint Store
2016 existing building photograph of Ellis Floral Shop 2500 East Third Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of Ellis Floral Shop building located at 2500 East Third Street in Bloomington, Indiana that is currently occupied by the Sprint Store.

Utopia KTV
2613 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

2016 existing building photograph of Utopia KTV 2613 East Third Street Bloomington, Indiana 47401

Photograph taken in 2016 of Utopia KTV building located at 2613 East Third Street in Bloomington, Indiana.

2927 North Bankers Drive
Bloomington, Indiana 47408

2016 existing building photograph of 2927 North Bankers Drive Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Photograph taken in 2016 of building located at 2927 North Bankers Drive in Bloomington, Indiana.

Arp Law Office
1603 J Street
Bedford, Indiana 47421

2016 existing building photograph of 1603 J Street Bedford, Indiana 47421

Photograph taken in 2016 of the building located at 1603 J Street in Bedford, Indiana.

Entire Main Street Buildings
8205 North Main Street
Stinesville, Indiana 47464

2016 existing building photograph of Entire Main Street 8205 North Main Street Stinesville, Indiana 47464

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Stinesville Mercantile building located at 8205 North Main Street in Stinesville, Indiana.

stineville indiana main street row existing building decaying roof

This image shows the state of the one of the row of buildings roof structure when I surveyed.  The interior of the building is exposed to the outdoor elements but was in the process of repair to button everything back up as much as they could.

stineville indiana main street row existing building decaying wall

The back wall of one of the row of buildings on Main Street shows a large opening through the back of the building.  In this photo you can see exactly how the walls of these buildings were built, a layer of limestone on the front and back of the wall with infill through the center.  The interior of the walls were then covered in a thick layer of plaster and painted or wallpaper added to them.

Spencer Coffee House
3 East Franklin Street
Spencer, Indiana 47460

2016 existing building photograph of Spencer Coffee House 3 East Franklin Street Spencer, Indiana 47460

Photograph taken in 2016 of the Spencer Coffee House building located at 3 East Franklin Street in Spencer, Indiana.

This existing building was pretty much structurally sound and the only issues where on the exterior of the building at the covered entry and storefront area.  Years ago, I believe there was a fire that started upstairs in the fireplace that I believe is covered up now with the build-out, but evidence could be seen that the flames spread right up the side of the demising wall and affected the bottom of the existing roof joists.  The connection at the base of the existing steel column support on the corner of the entrance had been severed and needed some attention but overall this building was in pretty good shape for it’s age.  This project was also one of the last projects that I worked on at a local architectural firm in Bloomington and glad to see it came to life after I left.