Amends Chapter 8.20 of the Bloomington Municipal Code entitled “The List of Designated Historic Districts” in order to designate “430 North Washington and 209-211 East 8 th Street” as a historic district. The owner of the property sought these actions and, after a public hearing on October 11 th, 2007, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended them to the Common Council based upon certain historic and architectural criteria set forth in Title 8 (Historic Preservation and Protection). The properties will be adapted as a Bed and Breakfast subject to approval of the BZA under the historic adaptive reuse provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance which require listing of the properties as a local historic district. The outstanding Classical Revival style house at 430 North Washington was built for a Showers family member and illustrates the affluence of the city’s growing industrial base in the late 19 th and Early 20th Centuries. 209-211 East 8 th Street is an early example of the duplex form whose past occupants, by contrast with most contemporary subdivisions, reflect the diverse demographics of early urban neighborhoods.

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