This 1947 Marion Street Directory lists all streets alphabeticaly, addresses numericaly and occupant’s name.
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This 1947 Marion Business Directory lists all Marion Illinois businesses by category of trade.
According to an article written in the Marion Daily Republican around 1951, this home was built in the late 1870’s by Robert M. Hundley. Continue reading
Hon. Charles Hoton Denison, Mayor of Marion and President of the Marion State and Savings Bank, was born in Seneca County, New York August 31, 1837, the third of seven children. Continue reading
Log Cabin on West Main St. 1904
Editor’s Notes: The Edwards flouring mill mentioned in the following article used to stand exactly where the Bob Stotlar Lumber Co. on W. Main St. now stands next to the I.C. tracks. The RR in those days were owned by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Co (C.&E.I.). Where the old Blankenship auto parts building stands on the west side of the tracks was a mill pond fed by Crab Orchard Creek and was used to run the steam engines at the flour mill. The house in this article was located roughly in the parking lot on the east side of Bob Stotlar Lumber and next to the Baptist Church facing West Main St. The article is verbatim from the 1905 Souvenir book. Continue reading