1900 - Marietta Phelps Hospital - Macomb, IL
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N 40° 27.600 W 090° 40.156
15T E 697617 N 4481423
Now a downtown parking lot, near the court house and town square, which is a large city park.
Waymark Code: WMVV9E
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
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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
Marker text: 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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