502 West Elm Street, Urbana, Illinois
" I was researching the history of that mansion last year, and could not find any information to tell me whether it was built by the Suttons or the previous owner of the property, Clark Robinson Griggs. Well, we finally found out who the builder was. It was Leah Sutton's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton, a widow, who had built this really unusual, brick Queen Anne style mansion. The building is now owned by a local developer, who had it for over 20 years -together with another very interesting historic building next to it-, and now wants to tear down these two buildings and replace them with modern student apartment buildings. We have submitted local historic landmark nominations for both buildings to the Urbana Historic Preservation Commission, which is our only hope to save them from demolition. " - Ilona Matkovszki March 27, 2007