Downtown Urbana Historic District, Urbana

Name: Downtown Urbana Historic District
Address: Urbana, United States

#38 among attractions in Urbana

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The Downtown Urbana Historic District is a commercial historic district encompassing seven city blocks in downtown Urbana, Illinois. The buildings in the district reflects downtown Urbana's development as the county seat of Champaign County and a regional commercial center. While Urbana was founded in the 1830s and began its development in the ensuing decades, the oldest buildings in the district are from the 1870s. The city expanded considerably in the late nineteenth and early to mid twentieth centuries, and most of the district's buildings were constructed during this period. Local architect Joseph Royer designed many of the district's most prominent buildings, including the 1901 Romanesque Revival Champaign County Courthouse. ()

Coordinates: 40°6'27"N, 88°12'29"W

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Urbana United States

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Downtown Urbana Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Urbana-Lincoln Hotel-Lincoln Square Mall, Spurlock Museum, Krannert Art Museum, Foellinger Auditorium.

~1160 ftN
Shopping, Night club, Shopping centre
Urbana-Lincoln Hotel-Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana
6 min walk • The Urbana-Lincoln Hotel – Lincoln Square Mall is a historic building complex located at 300 South Broadway Avenue in Urbana, Illinois. The Tudor Revival style hotel was built in 1923. In 1964, the mall was built as an extension of the hotel; it was one of the first fully enclosed shopping malls in Illinois.
0.7 miW
Specialty museum, Natural history museum, Museum
Spurlock Museum, Urbana
18 min walk • The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum, better known as the Spurlock Museum, is an ethnographic museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1.3 miW
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign-Urbana
33 min walk • The Krannert Art Museum is a fine art museum located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
1 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Foellinger Auditorium, Champaign-Urbana
26 min walk • The Foellinger Auditorium, located at 709 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a concert hall and the university's largest lecture hall. It is the southernmost building on the main quad.
0.8 miW
Concerts and shows, Performing arts, Theater
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana
20 min walk • The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts is an educational and performing arts complex located at 500 South Goodwin Avenue in Urbana, Illinois and on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Herman C.
1 miW
Colonial revival architecture
Illini Union, Urbana
26 min walk • The Illini Union, located at 1401 West Green Street in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, is the student union for the University.
~1370 ftS
Monuments and statues
Lincoln the Lawyer, Urbana
7 min walk • Lincoln the Lawyer, also known as The Young Circuit Lawyer, Young Lincoln or simply Abraham Lincoln, is a Lorado Taft sculpture now located on the 1000 block of Race Street, Urbana, Illinois, across from Urbana High School in Carle Park.
0.5 miN
Concerts and shows, Theater
Station Theatre, Urbana
13 min walk • The Station Theatre is a small independent dramatics theatre located in downtown Urbana, Illinois. It was converted into a theatre from a Big Four Railway passenger station in 1967. At that time, it was called The Depot. The building was last used as a passenger station in 1956.
1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Astronomical Observatory, Urbana
25 min walk • The University of Illinois Astronomical Observatory, located at 901 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was built in 1896, and was designed by Charles A. Gunn.
1.2 miN
40°7'31"N • 88°12'33"W
Crystal Lake Park Family Aquatic Center, Urbana
32 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Swimming
0.8 miSW
Botanical garden
University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection, Urbana
22 min walk • The University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection is a 2,000-square-foot conservatory and botanical garden located in the Plant Sciences Laboratory Greenhouses, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus, 1201 South Dorner Drive, Urbana, Illinois.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Downtown Urbana Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Lincoln the Lawyer, Urbana (7 min walk), Elm Street Court, Urbana (13 min walk), Station Theatre, Urbana (13 min walk), Greek Revival Cottage, Urbana (16 min walk).

How to get to Downtown Urbana Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Downtown Urbana Historic District:

Bus

Race & Oregon • Lines: 8E, 8W (2 min walk)
Illinois & Broadway • Lines: 8W (4 min walk)