1892, September 13, Lot 2, Block 6 of Gallagher & Aikman’s Addition to the plat of Vicksburg purchased for $100 by Benjamin H. & Mary Ann Jeter. Vicksburg was an outlying unincorporated village of Marion at the time. 1892, November … Continue reading
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” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]After over 100 years of use, the bricks making up the S. Market historic district were getting rough and starting to generate complaints from citizens. In July of 2016, City Commissioner John Goss requested permission from … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The current location of the Artstarts building at 104 S. Van Buren Street has an interesting and varied history. When Williamson County was created out of the southern half of Franklin County in 1839 and Marion … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The construction in 2017 of a new home at 815 N. Market St. on the southeast corner of E. Boulevard and N. Market caught my attention. The lot had been vacant for several years and used … Continue reading
Not many homes in Marion can claim constant occupation by a single family line for more than 140 years but the house at 513 S. Market Street could make just that claim until recently. After Jacob Holland lost his wife, … Continue reading