Halfway House | University of Illinois Archives
Title:
Halfway House
Date:
1967
Description:
Caption on back reads, "Halfway House". This shelter and waiting station which once served patrons of the Urbana and Champaign Electric Street Railway, stands today on Mathews Avenue as a reminder of the days of electric streetcars. Originally in front of the Illini Union, a point roughly half way between the twin cities, the structure was dismantled in 1961 for widening of Green Street, and re-erected in it present location in 1964."
Found in RS: 39/2/20, Folder BUI - Halfway House, Folder BUI - Halfway House
Phys. Desc:
Tiff
ID:
0003573
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Found in:
39/2/20 Photographic Subject File, 1868-
Subjects:
Contributor:
Public Information Office
Rights:
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