William de Fleurville Site

William de Fleurville, an African-American barber, owned this property during Lincoln's time. Lincoln helped de Fleurville, known as "Billy the Barber," obtain a replacement deed for this property, and he also paid the property taxes while de Fleurville was living in Springfield. In the late 1890s, Robert Loudon, a local businessman who owned a foundry and machine shop, built these apartment flats. They have since been converted into condominium units that now go by the name "The Bloomingtonian."