{"nrhp_refnum":"96000097","name":"Smith, Tina Weedon, Memorial Hall","other_names":["Smith Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"805 S. Mathews Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbana","county":"Champaign County","state":"IL","lat":40.105562217000056,"lon":-88.22588620899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and limestone music building with an attic, at 805 South Mathews Avenue on the main quadrangle of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Illinois, completed in 1920.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hall is significant under Criterion C as an example of Beaux Arts Classical architecture on a campus of mostly Georgian Revival buildings. It also notes that the hall housed the expanding School of Music and was the School's only building during its formative period. Its design integrity has been maintained.","narrative":"Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall is a music building on the main quadrangle of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with its front facing Mathews Avenue in Urbana. Built between 1916 and 1920 to plans by university architect James M. White, it rises two stories plus an attic and is faced in local red brick and limestone. A temple-like east facade with a two-story Ionic portico, inscriptions naming Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Palestrina, and lyre and musical motifs mark the exterior. Inside are a 1,100-seat Recital Hall, curved corner staircases, and the Italian Renaissance-style Smith Memorial Room with an ornate coffered ceiling. A low wing added in 1953 holds a lecture room. The building is considered significant for its Beaux Arts Classical design, which contrasts with the Georgian Revival buildings around it. It also served for years as the only home of the School of Music, and its original character remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"White, James M., Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts (Beaux Arts Classical)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used for college education; the form says it is remarkably unchanged apart from a 1953 rear wing and a modern elevator.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.155136-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/8917/28891786/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/96000097.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000097/f8e2607a8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000097/f8e2607a8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0 us","author":"Dori","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SmithMemorialHall_Urbana_Illinois_4565.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dori</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0 us</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SmithMemorialHall_Urbana_Illinois_4565.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weedon_Smith_Memorial_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7545218"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/champaign-county/smith-tina-weedon-memorial-hall-96000097/"}