Midwest

Urbana

Champaign County, IL

Population

38,741

Walk Score

92 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$910

Median home value

$175,100

Founded

1833

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Downtown Urbana Historic District · listed 2019
  • Elm Street Court · listed 2000
  • University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District · listed 1994

Notable landmarks

  • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority House · listed 2000
  • Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity House · listed 2009
  • Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Chapter House · listed 1989
  • Altgeld Hall, University of Illinois · listed 1970
  • Chemical Laboratory · listed 1986
  • Farm House · listed 1989
  • Gamma Phi Beta Sorority House · listed 1994
  • Greek Revival Cottage · listed 1977
  • Griggs, Clark R., House · listed 1978
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House · listed 2004
  • Library-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · listed 2000
  • Lincoln (Statue) · listed 2004
  • Metal Shop · listed 1986
  • Military Drill Hall and Men's Gymnasium · listed 1986
  • Morrow Plots, University of Illinois · listed 1968
  • Natural History Building · listed 1986
  • Phi Mu Sorority House · listed 1990
  • Ricker, Nathan C., House · listed 2000
  • Royer, Joseph W., House and Ella Danely Cottage · listed 2022
  • Smith, Tina Weedon, Memorial Hall · listed 1996
  • Unitarian Church of Urbana · listed 1991
  • University of Illinois Astronomical Observatory · listed 1986
  • University of Illinois Observatory · listed 1989
  • Urbana-Lincoln Hotel-Lincoln Square Mall · listed 2006
  • Warm Air Research House · listed 2001
  • …and 2 more

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