Built in 1868 on the corner of Lee and Oak Streets, this building was constructed for $30,000 plus the cost of the cupola. Although it was the fifth site that housed Bloomington High School, it was the first such structure used exclusively to educate Bloomington's high school students. Enrollment was increasing, and just 30 years later, a larger structure would be necessary. Shortly afterwards, this building would temporarily serve as the McLean Co. Courthouse, which was consumed by the great fire of 1900.
Courtesy of the McLean County Museum of History
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