Finding Aid for Montevideo Building, Urbana, Ill. Records, 1927-1978 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Montevideo Building, Urbana, Ill. Records, 1927-1978

Collection identifier: 867

Primary Creator: Montevideo Building, Urbana, Ill. Records (1927-1978)

Extent: 0.9 cubic feet. More info below.

Subjects: Architecture, Champaign County--Champaign (Ill.), Champaign County--Urbana (Ill.)

Forms of Material: Organizational records

In 1927, the Montevideo Building Corporation built one of Champaign-Urbana's earliest cooperative apartment buildings at the northeast corner of Nevada Street and Coler Avenue in Urbana (now 706 S. Coler Ave.). The Montevideo's architect was George E. Ramey. The original owners were W. S. Bagley, C. E. Gates, Paul Landis, F. L. Stevens, Laura W. van den Berg, and Mary S. Van Dervoort, most of whom were on the University of Illinois faculty. The collection includes the architectural plans, 1926 and 1968, as well as the financial and legal papers of the Corporation. Eleanor Blum donated the collection to the Library in 1983-84.

Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 oversize folder

Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/montevideo.pdf

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