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TJ Blakeman
11 min read
Neil Street or Eleventh Street?
Street Renaming Plan Throws the Streets of Champaign into Chaos! On August 12, 1913, a simple nine to two vote by the Champaign City...
TJ Blakeman
7 min read
15 East Main Street - Willis Department Store, JC Penney's, and News-Gazette Headquarters
If you ask the casual observer how old the current News-Gazette headquarters is, their answer would likely reflect the modern look of the...
TJ Blakeman
4 min read
33 East Main Street - Jos. Kuhn & Company
Born in Greenstadt Germany on April 14, 1837, Jos. Kuhn arrived in the United States at age 19. He arrived by way of Louisiana where he...
TJ Blakeman
2 min read
29 East Main Street
You may have passed by 29 Main Street and never gave it a second glance. Aside from the amazing drum shop, Skins N' Tin's, which...
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