Lincoln Building (Champaign, Illinois)

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Lincoln Building
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Location44 E. Main St., Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates 40°7′3″N88°14′30″W / 40.11750°N 88.24167°W / 40.11750; -88.24167 Coordinates: 40°7′3″N88°14′30″W / 40.11750°N 88.24167°W / 40.11750; -88.24167
Arealess than one acre
Built1916
ArchitectHarry Roberts Temple
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Chicago
NRHP reference # 96000854 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 1996

The Lincoln Building is a historic commercial building located at 44 East Main Street in Champaign, Illinois.

Champaign, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The city is 135 miles (217 km) south of Chicago, 124 miles (200 km) west of Indianapolis, Indiana, and 178 mi (286 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. The United States Census Bureau estimates the city was home to 87,432 people as of July 1, 2017. Champaign is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's fourth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is included in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.

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Description and history

Built in 1916, the five-story, Commercial style building was designed by architect Harry Roberts Temple. The five-story brick building features a copper cornice and terra cotta decorations. The building's facade is divided into a first-floor base, shaft, and capital at the top, a feature of Commercial style buildings modeled after Classical columns. The first two floors of the building feature large sash windows, with storefront windows on the first floor and display windows on the second; the upper stories have smaller double-hung sash windows. The building's interior features terrazzo floors, marble accents, and wood trim. [2]

Copper Chemical element with atomic number 29

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orange color. Copper is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloys, such as sterling silver used in jewelry, cupronickel used to make marine hardware and coins, and constantan used in strain gauges and thermocouples for temperature measurement.

Sash window made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes"

A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes", that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by glazing bars, also known as muntins in the US. Although any window with this style of glazing is technically a sash, the term is used almost exclusively to refer to windows where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically, or horizontally in a style known as a "Yorkshire light", sliding sash, or sash and case.

Terrazzo cementitious composite material, usually used in flooring

Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments. It consists of chips of marble, quartz, granite, glass, or other suitable material, poured with a cementitious binder, polymeric, or a combination of both. Metal strips often divide sections, or changes in color or material in a pattern. Additional chips may be sprinkled atop the mix before it sets. After it is cured it is ground and polished smooth or otherwise finished to produce a uniformly textured surface.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1996. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Novak, Alice E.; Kummer, Karen L. (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lincoln Building" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved June 22, 2014.