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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
106-108 South Neil Street - Atkinson Monument Company & Price Paint Store
106 South Neil Street - Atkinson Monument Company Constructed: 1904 Owner/Builder: S.P. Atkinson 108 South Neil Street - Price Paint...
TJ Blakeman
2 min read
101 South Neil Street - Faulkner Building
101 South Neil Street - Faulkner Building Constructed: Before 1902 Razed: mid 1980s The 1902 Sandborn Map below shows the Faulkner Drug...
TJ Blakeman
4 min read
401 North Neil Street - Beardsley Hotel
The Neil House/Olive House Constructed 1850s Owner: Samuel Dean Razed: 1887 (Fire) The following excerpt is taken from the historical...
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