Marion County is likely unique in that it has two antebellum courthouses still standing, this one and the one at Tazewell. The brick for this courthouse was fired locally. A remodel in the 1890s transformed it from a plain vernacular appearance to its present Neoclassical style. It was modernized in the 1960s.
National Register of Historic Places
Brian, I am enjoying your input about ‘LANDS CROSSING’, in Irwin co., we lived about a mile and half down a dirt road west of the crossing and loved it, the community was great. We generally stopped at the store on George Clements side but also Mr. Land’s store. I first voted in 1964 in the little voting building on Mr. Lands side, the one you had a picture of recently. We traveled the ‘Ten Mile Trail’ a lot. Keep up the good work.
By the way, I was born close to Waterloo, lived there until 1958, when we moved to Lands Crossing. LaDon Day
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