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Photo, Print, Drawing Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

[ Drawings from Survey HABS IL-290  ]

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[ Data Pages from Survey HABS IL-290  ]

About this Item

Title

  • Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • Root, Walter C
  • Ricker, Nathan
  • James, Jenkin Lloyd
  • Kapp, Paul Hardin, faculty sponsor
  • Channing-Murray Foundation, sponsor

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  education
  • -  Unitarian Universalist churches
  • -  students
  • -  religions
  • -  churches
  • -  Illinois -- Champaign County -- Urbana

Latitude / Longitude

  • 40.106718,-88.22516

Notes

  • -  2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
  • -  Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that was specifically built for the purpose of housing a campus ministry. Walter C. Root was a prominent architect in the Kansas City, MO area, and worked extensively throughout Kansas as well. He was the younger brother of the famous John Root of the architecture firm Burnham and Root and for a period of about six years worked for his office. The project was also completed under the supervision of Nathan Ricker, the first person to graduate with a degree in architecture in the United States and first dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1695
  • -  Survey number: HABS IL-290
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Medium

  • Measured Drawing(s): 19
  • Data Page(s): 7

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS IL-290

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • il0994

Rights Advisory

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Walter C Root, Nathan Ricker, Jenkin Lloyd James, Paul Hardin Kapp, and Sponsor Channing-Murray Foundation. Unitarian Church of Urbana,West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL. Illinois Champaign County Urbana, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/il0994/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Root, W. C., Ricker, N., James, J. L., Kapp, P. H. & Channing-Murray Foundation, S. (1933) Unitarian Church of Urbana,West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL. Illinois Champaign County Urbana, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/il0994/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al. Unitarian Church of Urbana,West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/il0994/>.