The population was 1996 in 2020. Its accomplishements and status may be great, but the Wikipedia entry's first paragraph says it's "approximately 15 miles closer to Terre Haute than to Bloomington." They had a big fire iun 1914, so most of these structures may date from its reconstruction.

Well, I wouldn’t say this is auspicious.

2012:

The last days:

The tree's doing well.

Poor building in the middle got a strange haircut.

What’s on the name block?

Dewey Lodge? I get the IOOF, but what’s with the Dewey? Can’t find anything.

Idiosyncratic rehab here:

Doesn't fit the building, but people didn't care about that too much. It was modern! Gave the street some new life.

The one in the middle seems identical to the one on the left, in its basics. But the rusticated stone suggests it's older.

You can make out "hardware."

The middle of the block: it's not looking good. That busted awning and boarded up doors suggests the place just needs a shove.

They've already lost a neighbor.

Here's the vista of the blocks, a few years ago:

Damn.

At least there's this: It’s an F & AM, if you’re curious.

Sometimes they look like condemned prisoners, eyes closed, waiting for the blow.