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Photo of the Gill Building aka the Knowlton and Bennett Building, 135 W. Main St.

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Busey Mansion at 502 W. Main Street, the residence of Mary and Samuel T. Busey.

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Photo of Grandma Goodrich's Home from the early 20th century. This home sat on the current site of The Urbana Free Library, at 201 W. Elm St.

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Flatiron Building at 301 W. Main Street, Urbana. This building was designed by Joseph Royer. It was constructed in 1906 and held Royer's Architecture offices. It burned down in March 1948.

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Tiernan’s Block, 115 W. Main St., the first official location of The Urbana Free Library. The library was on the second floor from 1872-1876. The building was remodeled by Joseph Royer in 1913.

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Photo of First Presbyterian Church in Urbana, Illinois, taken from a vantage point on the southeast corner of the intersection of Green Street and Orchard Street.

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Portrait of architect Joseph Royer taken for 1910 Elk's Convention in Urbana

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Joseph Royer's home at 801 W. Oregon Street, Urbana, IL.

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1908 pamphlet from the Urbana Commercial Club with the first mention of the proposed new library.

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First of a series of articles on gambling establishments in Champaign.
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