Bailey House is located at 207 S. Elm Street Champaign, IL 61820.
While the house has no formal name or designation as a historical site; it is named "Bailey House" after my best efforts to identify the builder. As I searched the deeds on this property at the Local History section of the Urbana Free Library, I can see that the neighborhood was sub-divided and developed by the "White" family whom sold this lot to "Bailey" for $400 in 1864. Bailey sold the home again in 1869 for $4,500. Therefore, I've made the (somewhat) educated guess that the building was erected by Bailey during that 5 year period and triggered the spike in value.
The local moniker worn by this home is that it was the first intentional 2-flat built in Champaign County. The traditional Chicago 2-flat is something of an architectural superhero in my book. They were erected en masse around the Chicago stockyards in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as reasonable places for working families to reside. They offered the density necessary to live near a City (which is favorable to the socio-economic challenge of commuting to work) while also offering a suburban/neighborhood feel. Furthermore, they are known for their unique and durable brick and stone facade's; and henceforth remain extraordinarily popular in Chicago today.
The Bailey House has had different configurations for the entrances to each apartment. It formerly had exterior 2nd floor entries with double decker porches and the East and West sides of the house (pictured below in 1909). Today the second floor access is within the foyer. However, the house is identifiable by it's Italianate Renaissance design features. Those include floor to ceiling windows punched symmetrically across the building's facade, as well as the scrolled cornice to decorate the roof's eaves. The second picture below shows the home in 2017.
