Veterans Administration Medical Center, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL
Summary
Documentation has been subdivided into individual structures within the complex.
See history for list of original architectural 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.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-193
Survey number: HABS IL-1155
Building/structure dates: 1940- 1942 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1971-1973 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1978 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1940
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Twery, L E
Ring Construction Company
Ryan, Robert A, photographer
Harms, Bruce A, photographer
Ryan, Robert A, historian
Dennett, Muesig, Ryan & Associates, Ltd., historian
Dennett, Muesig, Ryan & Associates, Ltd., photographer
Location
Marion Mobile Home Village, 37.72968, -88.91259
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html