Image of Frederick E. Eubeling (1841-1911). Eubeling was one of the founding member of The Urbana Free Library and worked in the library during the 1890s when it was in the City Building.
George McKinley Bennett (1863-1955) was key member and organizer of the Urbana Association of Commerce. In 1907, this association pushed for the construction of a new library building in Urbana, which ultimately became the Samuel T. Busey Memorial…