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TJ Blakeman
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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...
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TJ Blakeman
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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...
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TJ Blakeman
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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...
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TJ Blakeman
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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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TJ Blakeman
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30 East Main Street - First National Bank
The first building constructed on this parcel was a small wood frame commercial building that is depicted in the 1858 Urbana-West Urbana...
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TJ Blakeman
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2 Main Street
There have been two buildings constructed at this address since 1850, The Gazette Building and The Kresge Building. The Gazette Building...
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TJ Blakeman
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1 East Main Street
There is no better place to start this blog than 1 Main Street. The first building constructed on this site was Barrett Hall and was one...
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