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Blackberry School, 1725 North & 1700 East (country roads), Urbana, Champaign County, IL
Location1725 North & 1700 East (country roads),
Urbana vicinity, IL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IL-1162
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-194).
Building/structure dates:
1869 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1894 subsequent work
0.1991
Significance: This site is the first settled area in Champaign County and contains 2 buildings over 100 years old. The Blackberry School was constructed in 1869 to serve the community with a schoolhouse for children and adults. The school functioned up to 1894 which it was moved from its original site to its current location. Later shed additions transformed the school to a garage/storage building for the farm.
Subjects
SchoolsStorage Facilities
Related Names
Russell, Rob R., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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