Uptown Motel 106 W. College
The Uptown Motel opened at 106 W. College St. around 1957. Squeezed into the back lot of the Orpheum Theater, it literally hugged the stage house of the theater offering up only enough space for about 14 rooming units. Continue reading
Charles Raymond Monroe was born February 16, 1889. Otley A. Monroe was born November 1, 1890 to William S. and Rachel Monroe. Continue reading
The Marion Candy Kitchen located at 207 W. Main Street appears to have had a sum existence of about 20 years and was totally a Greek run business from start to go. Continue reading
It’s clear from Memory Kit ads that range from 1923 into the 1950’s that Waddie Campbell operated a restaurant business in Marion for decades. Continue reading
Marion Heights Plat Map 1914
Marion’s early efforts to attract diversified industry to supplement the coal mines are recalled by Miss Maude Owen, 510 S. Madison Street, who was secretary to the manager of the Marion Development Company not long after the turn of the century. Continue reading