Kinmundy in Marion County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Calendar Rohrbough House
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 30, 2019
1. Calendar Rohrbough House Marker
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Communications • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 38° 46.277′ N, 88° 50.711′ W. Marker is in Kinmundy, Illinois, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of South Washington Street and East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on South Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 216 S Washington St, Kinmundy IL 62854, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Illinois. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cypress Water Tower (approx. 0.9 miles away); Halfway Tavern (approx. 10½ miles away); William Jennings Bryan (approx. 10.8 miles away); Salem, Illinois (approx. 10.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial for All Wars (approx. 11.1 miles away); To The Memory of All Soldiers And Sailors (approx. 11.1 miles away); You Are Not Forgotten (approx. 11.1 miles away); Marion County Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 11.3 miles away).
Regarding Calendar Rohrbough House. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
It has been identified by the Illinois Historic Structures Survey as one of the half-dozen or so finest Italianate houses in Marion County. The building is equally significant as the former home of turn-of-the-century Kinmundy's most prominent citizen, Captain Calendar Rohrbough.
Captain Rohrbough was founder and first president of the Kinmundy First National Bank and the Kinmundy Savings and Loan Association, served as mayor and councilman in the city government, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1888.
Thesecond owner of the house, Fred 0. Grissom, purchased it from the Rohrbough estate in 1925. He too was a prominent citizen of Kinmundy, having served the city as editor and publisher of the Kinmundv Express for eighteen years, then as postmaster for twenty-three years, finally as mayor for eight.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 20242. Calendar Rohrbough House and Marker
Also see . . . Calendar Rohrbough House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1979. (Prepared by Elwyn Cheatum, C. Fukuda and J. Flemming; via National Archives) (Submitted on August 8, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 825 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
