TJ BlakemanDec 23, 202111 minNeil 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 BlakemanJan 6, 20187 min106-108 South Neil Street - Atkinson Monument Company & Price Paint Store106 South Neil Street - Atkinson Monument Company Constructed: 1904 Owner/Builder: S.P. Atkinson 108 South Neil Street - Price Paint...
TJ BlakemanJan 2, 20182 min101 South Neil Street - Faulkner Building101 South Neil Street - Faulkner Building Constructed: Before 1902 Razed: mid 1980s The 1902 Sandborn Map below shows the Faulkner Drug...
TJ BlakemanJan 2, 20184 min401 North Neil Street - Beardsley HotelThe Neil House/Olive House Constructed 1850s Owner: Samuel Dean Razed: 1887 (Fire) The following excerpt is taken from the historical...
TJ BlakemanDec 25, 20174 min102 North Neil Street - Champaign City BuildingOriginal Champaign City Building Constructed: 1889 Architect: Sealy Brown Razed: 1935-36 (Razed) Before the construction of Champaign's...
TJ BlakemanDec 22, 20174 min115 North Neil Street - Illinois BuildingThe Illinois Building #1 Constructed: 1900 (cost $125,000/$3.6 million adj. to 2012) Destroyed by fire: March 15, 1915 Owner: Noel Family...
TJ BlakemanDec 22, 20173 min201 North Neil Street - Walker Opera House/Hamilton HotelWalker Opera House Constructed: abt. 1887 Razed: abt 1917 (Razed) The Walker Opera House was Champaign's first grand theaters constructed...
