Downtown Bloomington Architectural Tour
- Walking Tour
- 31 Stops
Over time, buildings have been constructed, renovated, destroyed, and replaced... but what remains represents the dense history of the city of Bloomington. Unlock the past in this tour!
Land Acknowledgement
We want to acknowledge that the land we call McLean County is the ancestral land of many Native groups, beginning with the Paleoindians 12,000 years ago and most recently Algonquin-speaking groups, including the Kickapoo, who were forced west from this area in the 1830s. Other groups in this area include (but are not limited to) Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascouten, Odawa, Sauk, Mesquaki, Lenape, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. These lands were the traditional territory of these Native Nations before their forced removal, and these lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations and their struggles for survival and identity.
This statement was drafted in collaboration with the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, and Nichole Boyd, former Director of the Native American House at UIUC.