I was up in Central Illinois, so I thought I would check out some of the historic districts in Bloomington that looked interesting. I’ve already checked out White Place, one of the other prominent historic districts, back in March of 2016. We’ll be looking at four in all, starting with the North Roosevelt Avenue Historic District, west of downtown.

Settled by immigrants from Italy and Hungary in the 1870s, it is a mix of middle class and working class houses.

There are some fantastic examples of Italianate houses such as the one above, but also ones like the one below, which are still of that style but with a gabled roof.

Some are quite small, as you can see below.

The street terminates with this very nice church, obviously from the early Twentieth Century in a restrained classical revival or Beaux-Arts style.