CHAMPAIGN HISTORY

117 West Church Street - Russell Building (Rialto Theater) Constructed: 1905 Renovation: 1915 (re-purposed to Theatre Belvoir)...

The Illinois Building #1 Constructed: 1900 (cost $125,000/$3.6 million adj. to 2012) Destroyed by fire: March 15, 1915 Owner: Noel Family...

Walker Opera House Constructed: abt. 1887 Razed: abt 1917 (Razed) The Walker Opera House was Champaign's first grand theaters constructed...