PACA Heritage Awards 2022
Submitted by BridgetB on November 3, 2022 - 4:15pm"Urbana was founded in the 1830’s. Major developments in the city took place from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. The buildings in Downtown, like opera houses, hotels, banks and saloons reflected the development of the area as county capital.
With its oldest structures dating back to the 1870’s the downtown area is comprised of a great and interesting variety architecturalstyles and types including Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, and Tudor Revival. Ten buildings in the district were designed by the city’s most important architect Joseph Royer.