View book of the city of Champaign and the University of Illinois

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OF THE

CITY OF CHAMPAIGN

AND THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

BOD AY men must gather in cities because these are times of centralization and special-
ization. But if a city is to be desirable for those who are to live in it, it must be a city
of the future as well as of the present ; it must be a city of prosperity and of progress,
of homes and of culutre— aggressive, well-governed, and sanely progressive.

Such a city is Champaign, Illinois. It is situated in the heart of the richest agricultural
region of the world, in the granary of the Middle West. It is 1 28 miles south of Chicago,
1 1 SI/? miles west of Indianapolis, and is within easy reach of a number of thriving towns.
Champaign is the larger of the Twin Cities, Urbana and Champaign, whose combined popu-
lation is 25,000.

A CITY OF PARKS AND HOMES

HAMPAIGN is a city of homes. From the small and secluded to the palatial and
magnificent, they all present a peaceful, prosperous, even a beautiful appearance; and
as the homes are, so are the 85 miles of streets, of which 25 miles are paved. The city
is lighted by a newly installed boulevard lighting system. Because it is a wise city of homes,

PORTION OF MAIN STREET

Champaign is also a city of trees and parks, whose three excellent public parks are supple-
mented by the park-like campus of the great University of Illinois.

The prairie, God's glorious garden, surrounds the city. Well-cultivated farms and
orchards, streams and wood-patches, offer endless opportunities for recreation to those who
become cramped in cities.

ABREAST OF THE TIMES . . . ,

HAMPAIGN is maintained in a thoroughly modern, sanitary way. Water, Gas, elec-
tric light, city heat and street car service are furnished by well-controlled companies.
For drainage there is the powerful assistance of natural conditions, for Champaign is
located upon the ridge of a prominent water-shed. It has an efficient sewerage system and
is furnished with an inexhaustible supply of excellent water. In all these things the city
has the great essentials furnished by a healthful environment, and they are supplemented by a
general cleanliness due to the strong civic pride of the community.

CULTURE AND EDUCATION .

HE social and cultural activity of the community is indicated by the fact that many
social organizations flourish. Among them are numbered a thriving Country Club,
and all the important secret societies. Many of the latter own their homes and club
houses. Drama, concert, and other entertainment is furnished by the excellent companies
that play in Chicago and in other large cities of the state. In addition, the University of Illi-
nois is constantly bringing in the most prominent intellectual people of the world of thought for
the benefit of the University community, and to the lectures and addresses of these great men
the people of Champaign are always welcome. The athletic activities of the university furnish
events of interest that can be duplicated in but few cities in the country. Champaign furnishes
entertainment and intellectual and social activity that cities of ten times its size cannot furnish.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE SCHOOLS

NDEED, in matters of culture and education, Champaign is among the foremost cities
of the country. This proud distinction is due in part to the influence of the University
of Illinois, the third largest university in the United States in the number of students
enrolled who have had entrance preparation required by Standard American colleges. The
university, and its students and faculty expend annually a sum in excess of four million dollars
in the Twin Cities. But apart from the influence of the university, the traditional elertness
of the citizens of Champaign in all matters pertaining to the welfare and education of children
has built a public school system unsurpassed in Illinois. The grade schools are efficiently
superintended, large and comfortable, and well-distributed for the convenience of the children
in all parts of the city. There are 74 teachers, including special teachers of music, drawing,
domestic arts, manual training, and commercial subjects; and in no city high schools in the land
has the child a better opportunity to become a trained, competent, useful man or woman. The
citizens of Champaign have long believed in what is now hailed as a new theory, viz., that the
schools should conform to the needs of the people.

A CITY OF PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS

| HE strong civic pride, the great interest in future welfare, are in a large part due to the
fact that a great part of the citizens own their homes. They are encouraged in
this by the liberal terms upon which loans are made by the local building and loan
associations, and by the six strong banks whose deposits amount to over $3,000,000, and whose
surplus is over $775,000. This liberality of local capital has been an important factor in the
general growth of business as well as in the upbuilding of the city. Values of real estate have
always been increasing, although the city has never been "boomed". The growth has always
been steady, sure, and healthy.

A GOOD FACTORY LOCATION

ESIDES being situated in the granary of the Middle West, Champaign is situated near
one of the great coal fields of the world. Coal is cheap. The water supply is con-
venient and accessible. The Illinois Central, the New York Central, the Wabash,
and the rapidly growing Illinois Traction System furnish railroad accommodations that few
cities can equal. There are a number of large and thriving factories, but there have never been
any labor troubles. In short, Champaign furnishes a Promised Land for manufacturing enter-
prises of the Middle West.

A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY "

HAMPAIGN is aggressive, progressive, prosperous. It is the wealthiest city in one of
the wealthiest counties in the country. This wealth is due, in part, to the richness of
the soil and to the mineral deposits of the neighborhood, but it is principally due to the
industry, thrift, and progressive methods of the farmers and business men. Great as the possi-
bilities of the past were, those of the future are greater. Employment is offered by the many
departments of the University, by the stores and offices of the city, and by the factories and rail-
road shops — all of which pay good salaries to willing and efficient workers. Opportunities for
a living and for the advancement of the individual are plentiful and excellent. In Champaign
no efficient and industrious man lacks opportunity for the use of his money or ability. Cham-
paign is a City of the Present— and the City of the Future.

The Chamber of Commerce has published this View Book because of the pride it feels in the progress
and beauty of the city, and .because it wishes to point out a growing modern city to those who contemplate moving
to a city where the environment renders life more pleasant, and where opportunity renders labor and capital
more profitable.

Flanigan-Pearson Co., ^Jjjjsf11 Printers and Binders

FIRST NATIONAL BANK
32-34 Main Street

RAY, DOBBINS & DOBBINS

Law Offices
First National Bank Building

T. H. CRAIG
Jewelry

5 Main Street

G. C. WILLIS

Department Store

15 17 Main St.

(Archie IT. Hubbard, Architect)

w. LEWIS & Co.

Department Store
15-23 N. Neil St.

10

TR: YETT-MATTIS BANKING CO.
I 104 W. Church Street

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JOS. KUHN & CO.,

Men's and Boys' Clothiers

33-37 Main Street

11

Office

12

BROWN'S BUSINESS SCHOOL

Cor. Main and N. Neil Streets

School Room

Office Devices

Iiiterurban Station
Power House Interior

U. & C. RAILWAY, GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Car Barn

Power House
Gas Works

13

BEARDSLEY HOTEL
Neil and Hill Streets

CHAMPAIGN NATIONAL BANK
13 W Main Street

ILLINOIS TITLE AND TRUST CO.
10 Main Street

15

16

An Aisle in Shoe Section
Women's Ready-to-Wear Dep't.

F. K. ROBESON'S DEPARTMENT STORE
47-49 N. Neil St., 103-109 Church St.

Dress Goods and Silk Dep'ts.
Carpet and Rujf Dep't.

S. P. ATKINSON MONUMENT CO.
106 S. Neil Street

WM. PRICE ESTATE 16 N. Neil Street
HARRIS & MEAD, Confectioners
Makers, of LaVogue Chocolates 608 E. Green Street

A. W. SPALDING, Shoes
19 Main Street

17

MOTEL CHAMPAIGN

18

HOTEL CHAMPAIGN

18 J.M.KAl iFMAN & CO 16

J. M. KAUFMAN & CO.

Men's, Women's and Boys' Outfitters

16-18 Main Street

19

20

EMPIRE STEAM LAUNDRY
103 W. University Avenue

PERCIVAL & MOOREHEAD

Furniture and Hardware
Corner Neil and University Avenue

L. K. IIOWSE & CO.
Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables
56-58 Main Street

C. E. BONNER MFG. CO.
Tool Manufacturers

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22

HOME TELEPHONE CO.
201 S. Neil Street

CHESTER TRANSFER CO.
58 First South Street

CUNNINGHAM BLOCK
U. of I. Supply Store, Green and Wright Streets

24

SHELDON BRICK AND BUILDING SUPPLY CO.
General View

Automatic Brick Cutter

JACOBS BPOS. MFG. CO.

116 E. University Avenue

Felt Machine Shipping Room

D. H. LLOYD

Books, Music

7 Main St.

MITTENDORF & KILER

FURNITURE
24-26 Main Street

26

CHAMPAIGN & URBANA WATER CO.

City Plant

THE BURR COMPANY
Structural Steel

27

North Works

28

TEXTILE MFG. CO.

\V. A. JOHNSON PIANO CO.

ROUNDHOUSE, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

29

30

ILLINOIS MOTOR CAR SALES CO.
103 W. Hill Street

THE GAZETTE BUILDING
Neil and Hickory Streets

ALEXANDER LUMBER CO.

65 N. Walnut Street

31

G. C. WILLIS' RESIDENCE
103 Prospect Avenue

B. F. HARRIS, JR., RESIDENCE
W. Church St. and Prospect Ave

H.

H. HARRIS RESIDENCE
501 W. Church Street

N. M. HARRIS RESIDENCE
603 W. Church Street

J. W. STIPES RESIDENCE
711 W. University Ave.

36

R. D. BURNHAM RESIDENCE
722 W. University Ave.

HENRY SWANNELL RESIDENCE
614 W. University Avenue

37

38

D. A. PHILLJPPE RESIDENCE
500 W. Church Street

WOLF LEWIS RESIDENCE
615 W. University Ave.

39

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C. E. BONNER RESIDENCE
702 W. University Ave.

JOSEPH KUHN RESIDENCE
309 W. University Ave.

J. M. KAUFMAN RESIDENCE
704 W. University Ave.

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42

DR. T. H. LEATHERS RESIDENCE
502 W. Springfield Ave.

MANFORD SAVAGE RESIDENCE
722 W. Church Street

DR. JULIA S. ROSS RESIDENCE

203 W. University Ave.

E. B. HAZEN RESIDENCE

617 W. University Ave.

R. S. BASSETT RESIDENCE

207 S. Elm Street

MRS. WM. PRICE RESIDENCE

613 W. University Ave.

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HON. WM. B. McKINLEY RESIDENCE
728 W. University Ave.

F. B. VENNUM RESIDENCE
Davidson Place

ELM STREET

HILL STREET
DAVIDSON PLACE

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E. GREEN STREET

WORKMEN'S COTTAGES
Bonner Addition

X. NEIL STREET
X. XEIL STREET

CITY BUILDING
E. GREEN STREET
A Block of University Business Stores

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U. S. POSTOFFICE BUILDING

JULIA F. BURNHAM HOSPITAL

GARWOOD HOME
For Old Ladies

ELKS AUDITORIUM
REST ROOM
Chamber of Commerce

THE BURNHAM ATHEN/EUM
Champaign Public Library

MASONIC TEMPLE

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50

FOUNTAIN, WEST SIDE PARK
EAST SIDE PARK

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY COUNTRY CLUB

A LINE OF CHAMPAIGN PROSPERITY

fLOFILUB.

COUNTRY CLUB HOUSE
WEST SIDE PARK

51

52

Col. Wolfe

Marquette

PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
High School

Howard
Lawhead

Avenue

Columbia

PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Lincoln
Gregory

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54

Baptist
Congregational

CHURCHES
St. Mary's (Catholic)

University Place Christian

St. Peter's (Evangelical)

St. John's (Evangelical)
St. John's (Catholic)

CHURCHES

George McKinley Memorial (Presbyterian)
First Presbyterian

Christian Science

First Methodist

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HON. H. M. DUNLAP ORCHARD SCENES

SAMPLES OF FARMING AROUND CHAMPAIGN

57

Hnifrersii^ of Illinois

N the midst of the Twin-Cities, adding dignity, character and attractiveness to the sur-
roundings, is the great State University of Illinois. The campus of 1 1 5 acres is now
nearly covered with some thirty-three large buildings. Immediately adjoining is a
farm of 640 acres that constitutes a great outdoor laboratory for the experiment station of the
Agricultural College. The value of the plant is estimated at something over $3,000,000.

The University includes the following colleges and schools: The Colleges of Litera-
ture and Arts, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Law; the Schools of Music, Pharmacy,
Education, School of Railway Engineering and Administration, Library School and Gradu-
ate School. Connected with the University and essentially a part of it are also the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Engineering Experiment Station, State Laboratory of Natural
History, State Entomologist's Office, Military Science and Physical Training, State Water
Survey, State Geological Survey, and the Mine Rescue Station.

The new buildings just completed or in process of construction indicate the great
variety of work carried on by the University. Lincoln Hall for the College of Literature and
Arts, a Ceramics Building, Transportation Building, Mining Engineering Building, School of
Commerce Building, addition to Woman's Building, an Armory and Farmers' Convention
Hall, Stock Pavilion, Horticultural Greenhouses, and several new Barns for Dairy, Sheep
and Horses.

Fine new fraternity and sorority houses provide excellent homes for students as do the
dormitories provided by several of the churches. The Y. M. C. A. has a fine building of its
own that is a center of great influence. The Y. W. C. A. will soon have a home of its own
immediately across the street from the University.

The University of Illinois is fortunate in the character of its men and women — in its army
of loyal alumni and another army of 5000 students, in its faculty of over 600, and in its
capable Board of Trustees.

AUDITORIUM

SENIOR BENCH AM) LIBRARY

LINCOLN HALL

INTERIOR AUDITORIUM
LIBRARY

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THREE TOWERS

ARMORY
GYMNASIUM

WOMAN'S BUILDING
ILLINOIS FIELD

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
POWER PLANT

WOODSHOP
ENGINEERING GROUP

ENGINEERING BUILDING

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62

NATURAL HISTORY BLDG.
LAW BUILDING

OBSERVATORY

CHEMISTRY BUILDING
LIBRARY

BEEF CATTLE BUILDING
SUNKEN GARDEN

AGRICULTURAL GROUP

HORTICULTURAL BUILDING
GREENHOUSES

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ART DEPARTMENT
MACHINE SHOP

COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION-
STUDENT CIVIL ENGINEERS

DAIRY STUDENTS
MUSEUM

FARM MECHANICS BUILDING
SOUTH CAMPUS

DAIRY BARN

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AGRONOMY BUILDING

66

SOME U. OF I. ACTIVITIES

Phi Gamma Delta

Phi Kappa Psi

FRATERNITIES

Phi Delta Theta

Delta Kappa Epsilon
Y. M. C. A.

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63 Triangle

Delta Tau Delta

FRATERNITIES
Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Alpha Tau Omega

Sigma Chi

Kappa Sigma

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