Bailey-Rugg Building

Bailey-Rugg Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in March 2008
Location	219-225 N. Neil St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates	40°7′5″N 88°14′37″W / 40.11806°N 88.24361°WCoordinates: 40°7′5″N 88°14′37″W / 40.11806°N 88.24361°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1871
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	97001337[1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1997

The Bailey-Rugg Building was a historic commercial building located at 219-225 North Neil Street in Champaign, Illinois. Businessmen David Bailey and Daniel Rugg built the building as a joint venture in 1871; each merchant occupied half of the building, with a common staircase connecting the two halves. The three-story brick building had an Italianate design. The tall, narrow windows on the second and third stories featured arched stone hoods; the arches on the front windows were divided by keystones. A metal cornice with ornamental bracketing and panels ran below the flat roof.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1997.^[1] In 2008, eleven years to the date after its National Register listing, the building burned down in an unexplained fire.^[3]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Tilden, Robert Hamilton (May 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bailey-Rugg Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
3. "Bailey-Rugg Building". Preservation and Conservation Association of Champaign County. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.