Home Guards Temple once one of city's nicest buildings « The VW independent
DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor Although it is a pile of rubble now, the Home Guards Temple Building was one of the city’s most luxurious structures when completed in 1906. While not as old as some downtown buildings that date to the late 1800s, its 114-year existence lasted far longer than the organization that built it. The Home Guards Temple building in its heyday as one of Van Wert’s premier downtown buildings. archival photos The Home Guards of America was the brainchild of Dr. George J. Eblen, a local physician who envisioned a fraternal organization created to provide life and acc...
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