Ordinance 18-07

This ordinance amends Title 8 of the Bloomington Municipal Code to designate the property at 506 S. High Street as the Ralph and Ruth Rogers House historic district. The Ralph and Ruth Rogers House is locally significant for its high-style representation of Craftsman Bungalow architecture. The house features a side-gabled roof, a green, glazed tile roof, and ornately decorated roof dormers that are central features to the overall historic integrity of the house. Home to Ralph Rogers, one of Bloomington’s early entrepreneurs, and his wife Ruth, for more than fifty years, the house merits local historic designation for its architectural integrity, along with its association to an important person in Bloomington’s history. Once this ordinance has been adopted, the property will be regulated by the requirements that apply to all historic and architecturally worthy district so designated by the Common Council. These regulations preserve and protect the property from demolition and include the review of exterior modification. Note: This ordinance was revised after it was distributed in the weekly Council Legislative Packet and introduced at the Council Regular Session on May 16, 2018. The revisions affected the last whereas clause. Note further: This ordinance was amended by Am 01 on 30 May 2018 to change the name of the historic designated structure from “The Ralph Rogers House” to “The Ralph and Ruth Rogers House.”