The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first building in Marcus was erected in 1871. Marcus was incorporated on May 15, 1882.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Marcus is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marcus has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette House in Cherokee, 13.2 miles away.
Marcus and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Marcus
Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette HouseCherokee · Built 189813.2miLemuel C. and Mary (Vaughn) Boughton HouseCherokee · Building13.4miIllinois Central Railroad Yard-CherokeeCherokee · District13.8miLewis HotelCherokee · Building13.8mi
Cherokee Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)Cherokee · District13.8mi
Cherokee Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)Cherokee · District13.8miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Marcus?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Marcus’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.