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Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Marion, Illinois

Posted on January 6, 2013 by wcihsApril 29, 2019

Veteran's Hospital 1941

Veterans Hospital

VA, Main building 1, lobby

VA, Main building 1, lobby

Main building 1, lobby

VA, Main Building 1

VA, Main Building 1

VA, Main Building 1

Main building 1, lobby

VA, Building 2 & 1

A letter from the Federal Board of Hospitalization, Washington, D.C dated April 11, 1939 informed Representative Kent E. Keller that Marion had been selected as the site for the long awaited Veterans Administration Hospital in Southern Illinois. Continue reading →

Aldersgate United Methodist Church

Posted on January 6, 2013 by wcihsOctober 31, 2024

M.E. Church South

M.E. Church South

M.E. Church South

Aldersgate Church

Aldersgate Church

Aldersgate Church

Aldersgate Church

The Civil War was not only a time of political turmoil and division among families and neighbors in the United States, but it was also a time of heightened religious consciousness as people searched for peace in the disturbed nation. Continue reading →

First Baptist Church

Posted on January 5, 2013 by wcihsApril 13, 2014

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church 1989

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

On August 19, 1865, four Baptist ministers and a group of laymen met to organize the Marion United Baptist Church. Continue reading →

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by wcihsOctober 11, 2023

First Christian Church 1901

First Christian Church 1904

First Christian Church 1906

First Christian Church ca 1930

First Christian Church ca 1980

The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) building at 310 N. Market St. has served as a landmark for well over a hundred and thirty years. Continue reading →

Gladhanding on the Square ca 1958

Posted on January 4, 2013 by wcihsJuly 26, 2013

Thomas Wimberly Collection

Thomas Wimberly Collection

These pictures were taken by Thomas Wimberly in 1958-59 of an unknown politician who came to town. Continue reading →