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The Changing Face of a Funeral Home

Jan 14, 2019Monroe Historyplaces, wehiaFuneral Homes, historic homes

Blog post by Randi Richardson For twelve years Charles Gilbert Shaw had his photo studio at 100 ½ W. Sixth Street and lived with his wife, Coralie, a few blocks away at 211 E. Sixth. In the spring of 1937, Walter Allen purchased Shaw’s home and moved the Allen Funeral Home, established in 1917, from

Remembrances of Drs. David Hervey and James D. Maxwell

Jul 2, 2018Monroe HistorywehiaAmerican Legion, historic homes, Howe, Indiana University, Looking Back, Maxwell

The clipping noted below, written by Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the

A Descriptive History of the Howe/Maxwell House

Mar 26, 2018Monroe History3 CommentswehiaAmerican Legion, historic homes, Howe, Looking Back, Maxwell, physicians, Planned Parenthood, South College

The clipping noted below, written Agnes McCulloch Hanna, was published in an undated, unsourced Bloomington newspaper under a column called “Looking Back.” It was found in a scrapbook compiled by a man named Fred Lockwood. The scrapbook is held by the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. The item below was abbreviated from the original,