Edgar Keller Farmstead
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 [...]
Van Buren Township Monroe County Interim Report
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 [...]
Blossom School House
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. [...]
Blair School house
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 [...]
Rice School house
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 [...]
Benjamin Neeld Farmstead
Benjamin Neeld was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1797 to Nathaniel Neeld and Margaret McAfee. As a young man he served an apprenticeship in the blacksmith trade at an old shop in Harrodsburg, Kentucky that [...]