| 词条 | Franklin Square (Bloomington, Illinois) |
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| name = Franklin Square | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image =Franklin Square Sign.jpg | caption = Franklin Park, the heart of the historic district. | location= 300 and 400 blocks of E. Chestnut and E. Walnut Streets, 900 block of N. Prairie and N. McLean Streets, Bloomington, Illinois | coordinates = {{coord|40|29|10|N|88|59|24|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin=Illinois |built= | architecture = Queen Anne Victorian, Georgian Revival, Romanesque Revival, Italianate | added = January 11, 1976 | area = {{convert|26|acre}} | governing_body = Local | refnum = 76002164[1] }}Franklin Square, or Franklin Park is located in Bloomington, Illinois, McLean County. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Franklin Square contains the homes of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I and former Governor Joseph W. Fifer. In 1979 the square was designated as a local historic district.[2] Located northeast of downtown Bloomington, the square encompasses the 300 and 400 blocks of E. Chestnut and E. Walnut streets and the 900 block of N. Prairie and N. McLean streets.[1] HistoryOn April 26, 1856, David Davis, William F. Flagg, and William H. Allin donated a 590-by-330-foot parcel of land to the city of Bloomington, asking that the park be “...used as a place of public resort, pastime and recreation, for citizens and strangers forever.” The original agreement called for the city to improve and ornament the park, and prohibited the city from erecting any buildings on the square.[3] In 1869, a monument was erected in the center of Franklin Square to commemorate the 700 McLean County citizens who died in the Civil War.[4] Commissioned to Haldeman Marble Works of Bloomington, Illinois, for $15,000, the monument stood 49 feet high with a Lemont limestone base. An inscription read, “McLean County’s Honored Sons: Fallen—but not Forgotten” with engravings of the names of the 700 soldiers that died in service. The structure featured four statues of soldiers (Infantry, Cavalry, Zouave, and Marine) and a life-size figure of a colonel atop an 18-foot shaft.[5] Over the next few years, the monument began to disintegrate. A committee organized to resolve the situation stated, “Unfortunately, the material of which the monument was constructed has proved to be so perishable that the names of the county’s heroes have been nearly obliterated and the entire monument is in danger of falling.”[6] Former Governor Joseph Fifer lobbied for the city to tear down the monument and build a new one in Miller Park in Bloomington. The lower half of the monument was saved and is currently located in the Bloomington neighborhood of Briarwood.[4] HousesThe houses of Franklin Square were built in a variety of architectural styles from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, including Georgian Revival, Italianate, Colonial, Queen Anne, and Romanesque Revival.[7] Because the square was home to many prominent citizens of Bloomington, the neighborhood received visits from notable figures, among them Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Clarence Darrow, and Carl Sandburg.[8] Today many Illinois Wesleyan University students reside in the square's houses, including the Alpha Lamba chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the Sigma Alpha chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota.[9]
GalleryReferences1. ^1 {{NRISref|version=2010a}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}2. ^{{cite news|last=Kemp|first=Bill|title=Franklin ‘Square’ Bloomington’s first park|newspaper=Pantagraph|location= Bloomington, IL|date=26 March 2013|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/franklin-square-bloomington-s-first-park/article_bec09f72-935b-11e2-93e4-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=26 March 2013}} 3. ^{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Franklin Square|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=3|date=26 June 1857|url=|accessdate=}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|last=Steinbacher-Kemp|first=Bill|coauthors=|title=Monument honored county’s Civil War dead|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Blooomington, IL|pages=B4|date=27 May 2007|url=|accessdate=}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Holland’s Bloomington City Directory for 1870-1871|publisher=Western Publishing Company|date=1870–1871|location=Chicago|pages=14–15}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Franklin Park Monument to Come Down|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=|year=1914|url=|accessdate=}} 7. ^1 2 {{Citation|last1=Safiran|first1=Edward T.|last2=Walitschek|first2=David A.|title=Documentary Search and Architectural Survey of Franklin Square and East Jefferson Street Historic Districts|place=Bloomington, IL|publisher=McLean County Museum of History|date=May 1985}} 8. ^{{cite news|last=Driver|first=Lolita|coauthors=|title=Park's political side|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=C-3|date=20 February 1972|url=|accessdate=}} 9. ^{{cite news|last=Driver|first=Lolita|coauthors=|title='Greeks' have street for it|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=C-3|date=6 February 1972|url=|accessdate=}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=Driver|first=Lolita|coauthors=|title=Hudson Burr home built in 1864|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=C-5|date=23 January 1972|url=|accessdate=}} 11. ^1 2 Franklin Square Historic District, Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission, City of Bloomington. 12. ^{{cite news|last=Driver|first=Lolita|coauthors=|title=Castle on the Square|newspaper=Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, IL|pages=C-1|date=30 January 1972|url=|accessdate=}} 5 : National Register of Historic Places in McLean County, Illinois|Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois|Buildings and structures in Bloomington–Normal|Houses in McLean County, Illinois|Tourist attractions in Bloomington–Normal |
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