Two buildings recommended as historic sites

The Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council recently recommended that two Champaign buildings around the corner from one another be added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Beta Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Phi sorority, 508 E. Armory Ave., and The Georgian apartment building, 1005 S. Sixth St., both in the heart of the University of Illinois campus, were on a list of Illinois sites the council selected.

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