Burnham Athenaeum - Wikipedia


Burnham Athenaeum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	306 W. Church St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates	40°7′7″N 88°14′50″W / 40.11861°N 88.24722°W / 40.11861; -88.24722
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1896 (1896)
Architect	Schweinfurth, Julius A.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001115^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 7, 1978

The Burnham Athenaeum, also known as the Champaign Public Library, is a historic library building located at 306 W. Church St. in Champaign, Illinois. Built in 1896 through a donation from Albert C. Burnham, the building was Champaign's first permanent library. Architect Julius A. Schweinfurth designed the Classical Revival building. The two-story building is built from cream-colored brick with terra cotta ornamentation. The front entrance features four two-story Ionic columns supporting a pediment and an inscribed frieze. A terra cotta band encircles the building below the second-story window sill line. The Champaign Public Library occupied the building until 1978, when it moved to a larger facility.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Winay, Nora; Selin, Paul; Olsen, Gary; Olsen, Michele; Wajenberg, Joyce; Dankert, Russell (January 17, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Burnham Athenaeum" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

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