Bloomington City Historical Markers

Map of Illinois State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Bloomington

Bloomington City Historical Markers

Bloomington Historic Homes & Houses

Benjaminville Friends Meeting House

Benjaminville was founded in the 1850's by Quaker farmers looking for rich prairie soil on which to grow their wheat. The Friends Meeting House, ... [click for more]

Home of Adlai E. Stevenson I

This was the home of Adlai E. Stevenson I, Vice-President of thr United States, 1893-1897. Stevenson was born in Kentucky in 1835 and came to Blooming... [click for more]

Home of Joseph W. Fifer

This was the home of Joseph W. Fifer, Republican Governor of Illinois, 1889-1893. Fifer was born in Virginia in 1840 and came to Illinois in 1857. Dur... [click for more]

Bloomington General Interest

David Davis Mansion

This Victorian mansion was the home of Judge David Davis, an associate of Abraham Lincoln's. Construction began in 1870 and was completed in 1872... [click for more]

David Davis

David Davis, a distinguished Illinois jurist, was born in Maryland in 1815. He graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio and studied law at Yale. In 1836 ... [click for more]

Florence Fifer Bohrer 1877-1960

Florence Fifer Bohrer, first woman elected to the Illinois Senate, served two terms from 1925 to 1933. She chaired the Senate committee on state chari... [click for more]

Florence Fifer Bohrer

Florence Fifer Bohrer 1877-1960 Florence Fifer Bohrer, first woman elected to the Illinois Senate, served two terms from 1925 to 1933. She chaired the... [click for more]

Franklin Square Historic District

Franklin Square contains the homes of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I and Governor Joseph Fifer. Franklin Park, the centerpiece of the distric... [click for more]