Bennett Building, Urbana, Illinois
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Located on the southeast corner of W. Main and S. Race St. in downtown Urbana is the Bennett building, long the home of the Knowlton & Bennett Drug Store. Completed in 1927, this Tudor Revival style building was designed by Urbana architect Joseph W. Royer (1873-1954), a University of Illinois School of Architecture graduate and the man who designed the magnificent Champaign County Courthouse.
The Knowlton & Bennett Drug Store closed in 1971. An antique and vintage women’s clothing store known as Bohemia now occupies the space.
The Bennett Building lies within the Joseph W. Royer Arts and Architecture District in the heart of old Urbana, and is a contributing building within the Downtown Urbana Historic District listed in 2019 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Urbana is the seat of Champaign County. Located in east central Illinois, the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign are the home of the University of Illinois. The population of Champaign County at the 2020 census was 205,865.
