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Illustration of Commercial Buildings from the 1858 Bowman Map.

Illustration of the Bailey Building from the 1858 Bowman Map.

Illustration of Angle’s Block from the 1858 Bowman Map.

Image of the residence of Alonzo Campbell, Esq. WU from 1858 map of Urbana and West Urbana by Alexander Bowman.

Notable for its use of the term West Urbana this map captures the moment of expansion of Urbana-Champaign.

Bowman used a subscription model to fund his 1858 Urbana-West Urbana map. The map sold for $100.00 dollars and was designed for reference and decoration.

Advertisement for Alexander Bowman’s architectural and surveying services published in Our Constitution, August 27, 1859.

Alexander Bowman created this lithographic map of West Urbana soon after arriving in town and sold them for $1.00 apiece.