This page provides information about each of Marion’s historic resources including the locations of individual historic listings and historic districts including their contributing buildings. These sites are both locally designated and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geographic Location of Historic Sites
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Marion’s Historic Main St. District
Marion Community Building (c 1937)
The Marion Community building was built under the Works Progress Administration established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
McDowell County Courthouse (c. 1928)
Fifth Third Bank Formerly Community Bank of Marion (c. 1903)
The Fifth Third Bank building (formerly Community Bank of Marion) was built in 1903 for $8,000. Though having had several owners over the years, the building has been continuously used for bank purposes. The dome has become a symbol of Marion and used in a number of local marketing and branding campaigns.
First Baptist Church (c. 1914)
First Presbyterian Church (c. 1923)
St. John’s Episcopal Church (1882)
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church (c. 1935)
The Marion Depot District
The Marion Train Depot (c. 1860)
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