Old Marion Fire House
This is a photo of the old Marion Fire house that used to sit on the NE corner of N. Van Buren and West Union street just off the square. It was built in 1915 when the city had a team of horses and a wagon for fire prevention. The horses were housed in what later became the kitchen. Continue reading
Marion Police Dept 1953
Marion Police Department 1953 photo taken in front of the then City Hall in NE corner of square. This photo was posted in the Marion paper on April 27, 1953. Shown left to right, Chief H.L. Davis, John Kelley, Assistant Chief Herman May, Harley C. Deaton, J.S. Dungey, Tom Lewis, Henry Spiller, radio operator Arlie Simmons and Commisioner E.E. Weber.
(Photo courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)
Marion Police Dept 1950
Marion Police Department 1950. Marion paper photographer Fred W. Mahneke took this picture on Aug 25, 1950 of the Marion police force. Left to right, Arlie Simmons, night desk officer. John Kelley, J.S. Dungey, Earl Benedict, Zoral Buckner (chief), Bert Elles (merchant’s patrolman), Harley Deaton and Herman May (assistant chief).
(Photo courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)
Marion Fire Dept 1953
This photo of the Marion Fire Department at the fire station on West Union Street appeared in the Marion Daily Republican on April 27, 1953. Left to right, E.E. Weber, Fire Chief Zoral Buckner, Ass’t Chief Jack Whiting, Jack Stephens and Lawrence Dungey. The photo was taken by Carl Sorgen.
(Photo courtesy of Williamson County Historical Society)
Note the presence of a small building in the corner where the Orpheum Theater would later be built in 1922.
(Photos courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)