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Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

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Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

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Summary

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
Significance: Library Hall, built in 1896, was one of the first buildings on the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's Quadrangle and remains its cornerstone to this day. The building was designed by the first person to ever receive a degree in architecture in the United States, Nathan Clifford Ricker, who is a graduate and former Director of the University's Department of Architecture.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1224
Survey number: HABS IL-321
Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ricker, Nathan Clifford
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Pipal, Charles, AIA, faculty sponsor
Lipes, Katie, field team
Whiters, Crystal, field team
Mangrum, James, field team
Bernhart, Allen, field team
Andrews, Carolyn, field team
Penich, Timothy, field team
Ream, Joshua, field team
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Location

Urbana (Ill.)40.10931, -88.22839
Google Map of 40.1093094, -88.2283887
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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