Research Region
Aurora currently gathers 13 published records rooted in this place, making it easier to compare buildings, districts, and sites within the wider Illinois context.
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13 published articles
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Updated 2026
The project shows how a postindustrial riverfront can function as civic and cultural infrastructure while remaining tied to Aurora's downtown redevelopment geography.
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When the Aurora Hotel opened in 1917, it was the tallest building on Stolp Island and the city's first large hotel. Its later rescue...
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Built in 1892 as a furniture store and loft building, the Hobbs Building is one of Aurora's most distinctive corner landmarks. Its recent reopening...
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Built in 1923, the Keystone Building is one of Aurora's most important small-office landmarks. Its Prairie School design by George Grant Elmslie places Stolp...
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Built in 1926, the Graham Building is the companion to Aurora's Keystone Building and the second Stolp Island work by George Grant Elmslie. Its...
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Built in 1877-78 as a memorial to Civil War veterans and as a meeting hall and library, G.A.R. Memorial Hall stands as one of...
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Aurora's downtown story is hardest to understand without Stolp Island. The Fox River drop that drew early milling and industry also created the civic...
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The machine shops beside North Broadway belong to Aurora's earliest railroad industrial geography. Their reuse as the Aurora Transportation Center puts railroad work, commuting,...
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The former C.B. & Q. Roundhouse is one of Aurora's most significant industrial survivors. Built between the 1850s and 1860s, later rescued from ruin,...
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Built in 1905 and later leased to the Aurora, Elgin, and Chicago Railroad Company, Hotel Arthur became the Terminal Building long before it became...
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When Leland Tower opened in 1928, Aurora built one of the tallest buildings in Illinois outside Chicago. The tower still serves as the city's...
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This Aurora parcel carried opera-house culture into the movie era and then into demolition, making it a compact record of how smaller-city entertainment sites...
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