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Associate professor of architecture Paul Kapp (second from left) and graduate students (from left) Nancy Edwards of Peoria, Ill., Katie Ferrari of Lisle, Ill., and Muhammad Sarwar of Pakistan work inside the Beecher Mausoleum in Beecher, Ill. The group of University of Illinois graduate architecture students are drafting drawings of the historic landmark building designed by architect Cecil Bryan.
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Associate professor of architecture Paul Kapp (second from left) and graduate students (from left) Nancy Edwards of Peoria, Ill., Katie Ferrari of Lisle, Ill., and Muhammad Sarwar of Pakistan work inside the Beecher Mausoleum in Beecher, Ill. The group of University of Illinois graduate architecture students are drafting drawings of the historic landmark building designed by architect Cecil Bryan.

Saving Beecher Mausoleum

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Architecture students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are helping to record the history of Beecher Mausoleum, a deteriorating national landmark deep in Will County, about 40 miles from Chicago.

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