601 E. Thorn St.

On December 10,1906 James A. Rose, Secretary of State of Illinois certified the organization of “Thorne Place Club” as a legally organized corporation of the State of Illinois. Hosea V. Ferrell, Leon A. Colp, and Paul R. Colp transferred Lots 1 and 2 Block 7 Thorne Place to the Thorne Place Club on January 1, 1907.

Thorne Place Club consisted of five men – Hosea V. Ferrell, Leon A. Colp, Paul R. Colp, Dr. Dausa D. Hartwell, and Frank Powell. On January 1, 1907 the Thorne Place Club voted to mortgage the property. The club negotiated and issued “First Mortgage Gold Bonds” in the amount of $6,000 payable at the First National Bank of Marion, Illinois. The rate of interest on the bonds was 6%.Leon A. Colp was President of Thorne Place Club and Hosea V. Ferrell, Secretary at the time. The building located at 601 East Thorne Street was then constructed in 1907 and used as a social club and residence by the five men owning the club. Sometime later Dr. Dausa D. Hartwell became President of Thorne Place Club and Rita D. Hartwell, Secretary. Dr. Hartwell used the building as a hospital from about 1915 to 1920. It was then called the Marion Hospital.

On February 2, 1920 the Thorne Place Club, D.D. Hartwell, President and Rita D. Hartwell, Secretary sold the property to O.A. Morgan and it was used as a residence from then on.

(Data extracted from the 1989 Sesquicentennial History, WCHS)