Local coverage
Project conversations across Champaign County.
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Urbana
The construction boom that followed Urbana's October 9, 1871 fire produced most of the city's historic commercial and residential stock, and the window openings cut into that late-1800s and early-1900s construction reflect the sash sizes and proportions standard at the time.
Local planning notes →Savoy
Savoy's growth happened almost entirely after its 1956 incorporation, and the village more than doubled in size between 2000 and 2024 -- meaning most Savoy homes were built with window openings sized to modern manufacturing standards rather than historic sash proportions.
Local planning notes →Mahomet
Mahomet's original townsite dates to 1832, making it the first community platted in what is now Champaign County, and window openings in its oldest homes near the Sangamon reflect that early-to-mid-1800s construction period.
Local planning notes →Rantoul
Chanute Field operated from 1917 to 1993, and buildings constructed to serve that technical-training mission carried window styles and sizes standard to whichever decade they were built or last upgraded.
Local planning notes →St. Joseph
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Local planning notes →Tolono
Tolono incorporated in 1865 around an 1856 rail junction, and the housing built for its early railroad-employee population established window styles typical of a modest 19th-century junction town rather than a wealthier settlement.
Local planning notes →Monticello
The historic homes along Monticello's State Street and the Allerton mansion, built 1899-1903, featured more architecturally elaborate window openings -- larger panes, more elaborate trim -- than a standard Piatt County farmhouse of the same period.
Local planning notes →Villa Grove
Villa Grove's original 1887 plat and the 1902-era Frisco division-point rebuild produced two distinct waves of housing close together in the same small town, each with its own window styles and opening sizes.
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