The city’s first historic neighborhood was given the official designation of Sesquicentennial Neighborhood at the urging of residents eager to commemorate the core of the city.  The neighborhood is bordered by the Norfolk Southern tracks, Neil Street, Church Street, and Lynn Street.  With the designation, the Champaign City Council agreed to contribute $10,000 for historic signs.  The intent of the designation is to help preserve and promote the cultural, ethnic, and social history of the area that was the first to be settled.  Special historic street signs have been installed at entry points to the neighborhood, along with historic markers, and plaques detailing the history of houses with historic significance.

For more information, visit the Sesquicentennial Neighborhood Association web site, http://www.snaneighbors.org/