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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL

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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL

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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

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Date

1933 - 1940
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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
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Location

Marion Mobile Home Village37.72968, -88.91259
Google Map of 37.7296763, -88.91259339999999
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