J. H. Siekman came to Marion June 1, 1913, to serve as Principal of Brown’s Business College. The school was located on the main floor of the Masonic building located on the southeast corner of West Main and Monroe Streets (315 W. Main St.) Continue reading
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This old country school once sat outside of Marion, Illinois at the turn of the century. Its location is shown on a 1908 Williamson County Plat map. When the government began talking of buying the surrounding property up for a new VA hospital, Oldham Paisley had the foresight to grab this picture. Continue reading
The original Jefferson School at 702 E. Boulevard St. was completed in 1907. It was a modern two story eleven room brick building and cost $16,000. Continue reading
In 1982, a tornado destroyed the McKinley school building at 904 N Court St. Continue reading