Bailey–Rugg Building

The Bailey–Rugg Building was a historic commercial building located at 219–225 North Neil Street in Champaign, Illinois.

Bailey–Rugg Building
The building in March 2008
Bailey–Rugg Building is located in Illinois
Bailey–Rugg Building
Bailey–Rugg Building is located in the United States
Bailey–Rugg Building
Location219-225 N. Neil St.,
Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates40°7′5″N 88°14′37″W / 40.11806°N 88.24361°W / 40.11806; -88.24361
Arealess than one acre
Built1871 (1871)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.97001337[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1997
Removed from NRHPJanuary 2, 2020

Description and history

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Businessmen David Bailey and Daniel Rugg built the building as a joint venture in 1871; each merchant occupied half of the building, with a common staircase connecting the two halves. The three-story, brick building had an Italianate design. The tall, narrow windows on the second and third stories featured arched stone hoods; the arches on the front windows were divided by keystones. A metal cornice with ornamental bracketing and panels ran below the flat roof.[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1997.[1]

In 2008, eleven years to the date after its National Register listing, the building burned down in an unexplained fire.[3] It was removed from the National Register in 2020.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Tilden, Robert Hamilton (May 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bailey-Rugg Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bailey-Rugg Building". Preservation and Conservation Association of Champaign County. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.