Fall Festival

The Fall Festival is this Saturday, October 29 at 5:00 p.m. The annual event is hosted by the Gronemeiers at #22. Please join us for hot dogs, chili, s'mores and more!

Kids are encouraged to dress up in their Halloween costumes. If you dare, the Boyles are hosting a Hauted House at #16.

Hope to see you all there!

Halloween 2011

The City of Bloomington Halloween hours this year are 5-8 p.m., Monday, October 31.

Please see the city website for additional information and safety tips: http://www.cityblm.org/news.asp?id=13849

White Place Historic District

The White Place Historic District is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and encompasses 36.8 acres on White Place, Clinton Boulevard and Fell Avenue between Empire and Emerson Streets.

White Place has 209 contributing and 64 non-contributing buildings (including garages), 1 contributing site and 2 contributing structures (entrance gate and fountain). The majority of contributing buildings were built in the Colonial Revival or Craftsman architectural styles.

Contributing structures were built between 1895 and 1928.

White Place was added to the National Register on 1/12/88.

To look up details about your house visit: http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/

Party in the Park

Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Fell Park with your neighbors!

Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011

3 pm onward

Games, hot dogs, music, games, neighbors and more! Bring your own food, drinks, law chairs, frisbees, etc. Friends and family are welcome.

Organized by Fell Street Park Bloomington.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fell-Street-Park-Bloomington/208661375853289

Condolences

Our neighbor, Loretta Rutledge, from 45N Whites Place, passed away on Saturday, Aug 13, 2011. Her memorial service will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug 22, at the East Lawn Funeral Home. Loretta was a long time resident of White Place and she will be missed. A full obituary ran in the Pantagraph on August 18.

Thanks to Steve (#47) for passing the information along.

White's Place

Photo of White's Place. Dated 1930. Source: Historic Architectural/Archaeological Geographic Information System.