University Courts Historic District

The University Courts Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

Greek houses

The Sigma Chi house at 601 E. Seventh Street, built in Free Classic style, was enlarged in 1925 by Granger, Lowe & Bollenbacher in a manner sympathetic to the original design.
The northeast corner of Indiana Avenue and Eighth Street was originally the site of a Tudor Revival house built by Maude Showers. Situated on three lots and designed by Carlisle Bollenbacher, the house was sold to Delta Tau Delta and used for a fraternity until destroyed by fire in February 1935. The fraternity rebuilt on the same site. The new house was designed by Burns & James and retained the same placement on the three lots as the original house. The general contractor was Charles A. Pike.
Delta Zeta at 809 East Seventh Street was designed by John Nichols in 1923 in the Classical Revival Style. The general contractor was Charles F. Johnson.

Demolished houses

Before the district was first nominated for the National Register, four houses on the east half of the block bounded by Indiana Avenue, Fess Avenue, Eighth Street and Ninth Street were demolished. Joseph Smith of the Showers Brothers furniture factory engaged John Nichols to build a two-story brick Colonial Revival house at 403 North Fess in 1914. J. Neill was the general contractor. Clarence Neill, general contractor, built a house for Charles F. Johnson at 421 North Fess in 1916. Edwin C. Doeppers and Company were the architects. Indiana University's Mathers Museum of World Cultures and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology now occupy those two lots, among others.

Table of contributing properties

Appearing in the table below are the buildings included within the boundaries of the city-designated historic district.

Rating	Image	Address	Year	Style	Comments
Contributing			1906	Georgian Revival	Chapter house for Sigma Chi
Notable			1932	Gothic Revival	Designed by Alfred Grindle
Notable			1915	Craftsman
Notable			1911	Spanish Colonial Revival Dormer Front Bungalow	Attorney Thomas J. Sare engaged architect John Nichols when he built this house.
Notable			1925	Tudor Revival Craftsman
Notable			1924	Spanish Mission Revival	Attorney Thomas J. Sare engaged architect John Nichols when building this house.
Contributing			1920	Tudor Revival
Contributing			1935	Georgian Revival	This building was designed by Indianapolis architects Burns & James and built by Charles A. Pike for Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Their previous house on this site was destroyed by fire.
Contributing			1916	Tudor Revival Craftsman	John T. Schuman built two duplexes at 8th and Fess. Edwin C. Doeppers was listed as architect.
Contributing			1914	Prairie Style Foursquare	Built for Herman Grant by general contractor J. O. White. Edwin C. Doeppers was listed as architect in the construction press.
Contributing			1922	Colonial Revival	John Nichols designed this house for Ward Johnson of Johnson Creamery.
Notable			1916	California Bungalow	Architect John Nichols was engaged by Herman Bowman of the Bowman-King Stone Co. to build this house.
Contributing			1916	Colonial Revival Foursquare	Dr. J. C. Vermilya engaged engineer Edwin C. Doeppers when building this house.
Contributing			1915	Arts and Crafts	Originally built by Thomas J. Sare, who contracted with John Murphy for masonry and Alex Robinson for carpentry to build two duplexes at 8th & Park. Nichols & Nichols were architects.
Contributing			1924	Craftsman Foursquare	John Nichols was architect for this house built by general contractor J. O. White for Herman Bowman of Bowman-King Stone Co.
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1913	Prairie Style Colonial Revival	Built by general contractor W. S. Delapp for Monroe County treasurer Joseph D. Hensley. Nichols & Nichols were the architects.
Contributing			1930	Craftsman Front Gabled Bungalow
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1922	Carpenter Builder Cottage
Contributing			1923	Colonial Revival	Built by general contractor Joe Neill and Son for the jeweler Ray Wingert and his wife Leafy. John Nichols was architect.
Contributing			1925	Craftsman American Foursquare
Notable			1921	Prairie Style	Alfred Grindle drew plans for Indiana University football coach Ewald O. Stiehm, who let contracts and supervised construction himself.
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1930	Craftsman American Foursquare
Contributing			1916	Craftsman American Foursquare	Doeppers & Co. let contracts to Clarence Neill for masonry and George Torrence for carpentry when Willis Akins had this house built.
Contributing			1930	Craftsman American Foursquare
Contributing			1920	Craftsman Cross Gable Bungalow
Contributing			1920	Craftsman
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1930	Dutch Colonial Revival
Contributing			1916	Tudor Revival Craftsman	John T. Schuman built two duplexes at 8th and Fess. Edwin C. Doeppers was listed as architect.
Contributing			1915	Bungalow Foursquare	Built by general contractor Val Hatfield as a rental property for Herman Grant. E. C. Doeppers and Company where the architects.
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Notable			1917	Colonial Revival Tudor Revival	Indianapolis architect Merritt Harrison designed this house for Indiana University professor Wm. F. Book.
Contributing			1920	Colonial Revival Foursquare
Notable			1930	Colonial Revival
Notable			1925	Spanish Colonial Revival	Designed by Cecil and Inez Harlos
Notable			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1930	Tudor Revival
Notable			1925	Spanish Colonial Revival	Designed by Cecil and Inez Harlos
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1925	Colonial Revival	Designed by John Nichols
Contributing			1915	Foursquare
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1920	Foursquare
Contributing			1912	Dutch Colonial Revival	The Chicago firm of Lowe & Bollenbacher drew plans for a residence for department store owner Wyatt W. Wicks, who originally intended to take bids himself. But, later John Nichols took bids for Wicks.
Contributing			1915	Foursquare
Contributing			1913	Craftsman Foursquare	Built by general contractor J. O. White for Dr. A. M. Snyder. The firm of Nichols & Nichols was listed as the architect.
Contributing			1924	Colonial Revival	This duplex was designed by Alfred Grindle for Allen Buskirk.
Contributing			1924	Colonial Revival	Edwin C. Doeppers drew plans for Almer Henry, who originally intended to take bids himself. He later engaged John L. Nichols to take bids and supervise construction.
Contributing			1920	Georgian Revival
Notable			1915	Craftsman Tudor Revival	Originally built by Thomas J. Sare, who contracted with John Murphy for masonry and Alex Robinson for carpentry to build two duplexes at 8th & Park. Nichols & Nichols were architects.
Contributing			1928	Tudor Revival English Cottage Revival
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1925	Craftsman Foursquare
Contributing			1922	Craftsman Bungalow
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival American Foursquare
Notable			1926	Tudor Revival
Notable			1930	Colonial Revival	Designed by John L. Nichols
Contributing			1920	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1925	American Foursquare
Contributing			1930	Colonial Revival
Contributing			1935	Colonial Revival	Originally named the O'Harrow House, it is now the Indiana University School of Journalism Annex.
Contributing			1935	Tudor Revival	This building was designed by Indianapolis architects Burns & James and built by Charles A. Pike for Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

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