Woolery Stone Company

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Woolery Stone Company
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Woolery Stone Company, September 2010
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Location2295 W. Tapp Rd., Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates 39°08′21″N86°33′38″W / 39.13917°N 86.56056°W / 39.13917; -86.56056 Coordinates: 39°08′21″N86°33′38″W / 39.13917°N 86.56056°W / 39.13917; -86.56056
Area28 acres (11 ha)
Built1948 (1948), 1952, 1954
Architectural styleInternational Style
NRHP reference No. 02001563 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 2002

Woolery Stone Company is a historic limestone quarry and manufacturing complex located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The property includes a variety of buildings, structures, and objects associated with the production of dimensional limestone. These include the limestone faced International Style headquarters building, metal mill office, machine shop, blacksmith shop, limestone storage structure, limestone walls, and the grand scale all metal mill building. [2] :5–6

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Eliza Steelwater (December 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Woolery Stone Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.