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DETAIL VIEW OF NW CORNER OF BUILDING 1'S W WING, SHOWING THE PILASTERS, TERRA COTTA PANELS, AND THE EGYPTIAN MOTIF DECORATIVE CORNICE ELEMENTS; LOOKING ENE. (Harms) - Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building No. 1, Old State Route 13 West, Marion, Williamson County, IL
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Ryan, Robert A, historian; Dennett, Muesig, Ryan and Associates, Ltd., historian; Ryan, Robert A, photographer; Harms, Bruce A, photographer; Dennett, Muesig, Ryan and Associates, Ltd., photographer
Depicted place Illinois; Williamson County; Marion
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ILL,100-MAR,1-A-4
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • See HABS IL-1155 for overview history of complex and 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.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-193
  • Survey number: HABS IL-1155-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0693.photos.060443p
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Object location37° 43′ 50.02″ N, 88° 55′ 59.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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