Johnson's Creamery, Industrial dairy building in Bloomington, Indiana.
Johnson's Creamery is a red brick industrial building with a rectangular main structure and additional wings, located in Bloomington. A prominent tall smokestack rises from the site and defines the building's presence in the West Side Historic District.
The building was constructed in 1914 and served as a center for milk processing and distribution through the mid-20th century. Operations ceased in 1987, ending a significant era of local dairy industrial activity.
The building's name comes from Johnson's Creamery, the dairy business that occupied it until 1987. It now stands inside the Bloomington West Side Historic District, designated in 1996, and its red brick walls and 1949 smokestack are visible reminders of the neighbourhood's dairy trade.
The building stands in the West Side Historic District, and its red brick walls, parapets and 1949 smokestack are seen from the street; the interior is not open as a visitor site. Look for the stepped parapet lines where the additions of 1914–1951 meet the original block.
The creamery's 1949 smokestack is a later addition to a complex built in stages: the original 1914 section is two stories, and red-brick wings with parapets were added until 1951. Johnson's Creamery left the building in 1987, and it joined the National Register in 1996 as part of Bloomington's West Side Historic District.
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