History
The address known as One Main has a storied history that extends through today.
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Photo courtesy of Champaign County Historical Archives
In 1950, Barrett Hall was razed and replaced by Grant’s department store which operated until 1975. It was replaced by a disco called The Poison Apple which was open for less than a year. The Grant’s building went through various owners and incarnations until an arsonist burned the buildings surrounding it in late December, 1987. After that, the location was turned into a municipal parking lot.
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Bloomer, J. Philip. “Phoenix to rise in downtown; call it Volition.” The News-Gazette [Champaign, IL] 19 Jan. 2003: news-gazette.com Web. Accessed 18 January 2017.
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