Marietta Phelps Hospital - Macomb, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 40° 27.600 W 090° 40.156
15T E 697617 N 4481423
Image of the hospital on the top on this marker. Now a downtown parking lot, near the court house and town square, which is a large city park.
Waymark Code: WM17QHP
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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County of site: McDonough County
Location of marker: E. Carroll St. & N. Campbell St., public parking lot, Macomb
Building built: 1900
Date marker erected: June 25, 1976
Marker erected by: City of Macomb

This image, in relief, imprinted in the metal of this marker. It is the image of the hospital as it was then.
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Marker Text:

MARIETTA PHELPS
1900
HOSPITAL
Site of Marietta Phelps Hospital
Built by Marietta Phelps and Dr. S.C. Stremmel in 1900, which served the Macomb community for 66 years.

In memory of these two and Dr. John W. Hermetet, surgeon-in-chief 1918-1935 and Dr. J. Henry Hermetet, surgeon-in-chief 1935-1966, and the many doctors, nurses and employees who staffed the facility, this marker is dedicated June 25, 1976.

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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 06/25/1976

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
E. Carroll St. & N. Campbell St., Macomb, IL 61455

Sculptors Name: Unknown
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