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Collection Overview
Title: Montevideo Building, Urbana, Ill. Records, 1927-1978
Collection identifier: 867
Extent: 0.9 cubic feet. More info below.
Subjects: Architecture, Champaign County--Champaign (Ill.), Champaign County--Urbana (Ill.)
Forms of Material: Organizational records
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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.). This collection includes the architectural plans, 1926 and 1968, as well as the financial and legal papers of the Corporation. 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.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Alternate Extent Statement:
1 oversize folder
Acquisition Source:
Eleanor Blum donated the collection to the Library in 1983-84.
Box/Folder List
URL:
https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/montevideo.pdf
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