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Item Title
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building No. 2, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL
LocationOld State Route 13 West,
Marion, IL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IL-1155-B
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-193).
Building/structure dates:
1940 initial construction
See HABS IL-1155 for overview history of complex & list of original architectural drawings. See photographs in this record for photocopies of drawings.
Significance: A typical example of Veterans Administration neuro-psychiatric hospital construction using the "Architectural Set" of drawings for a campus complex setting, the Marion, Illinois VA Medical Center is significant because of its rare use of Egyptian Revival architectural decoration.
Subjects
Health CareFood Storage BuildingsEmployee Eating Facilities
Related Names
U.S. Veterans Administration
Ryan, Robert A., Photographer
Harms, Bruce A., Photographer
Dennett, Muesig, Ryan & Associates, Ltd., Photographer
Ryan, Robert A., Historian
Dennett, Muesig, Ryan & Associates, Ltd., Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. S (FRONT) & E ELEVATIONS OF BUILDING 2; LOOKING NNW (Ryan)
2. W & S (FRONT) ELEVATIONS OF BUILDING 2; LOOKING NNE (Harms)
3. Photograph of an historic photograph in the possession of the Engineer's Office of the Marion, Illinois Veterans Administration Medical Center. DINING HALL BUILDING #2, LOOKING NE; DATED JANUARY 31, 1942.
4. Photograph of a line drawing in the possession of the Engineer's Office of the Marion, Illinois Veterans Administration Medical Center. WEST ELEVATION, SOUTH ELEVATION, EAST ELEVATION, NORTH ELEVATION; DRAWING 2-3R, DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1940. (8 x 10 negative)
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