Virden Police Department
Pictures
Contemporary photo of the
North side of the Square
looking East.
Just about the same shot circa
1920. Notice the corbeling and
the decorative sheet metal and
iron facades on the fronts of the
buildings. The Department of
Natural Resources has a good site
detailing the Meskers Company.
Just click cancel if prompted for a
username and password.
North side of the square
looking west. Notice the
Illinois Terminal tracks and
signal are still there. When
the pavement around the
square was re-done not so
long ago it was discovered the
tracks are still there.
Another shot of the North Side of the square on a
long-ago winter’s day. Lighting was usually better
looking North because of the angle of the sun,
and time was not as critical as it was in shots
looking East (afternoon) or West (morning.)
Titled “Illinois Pastoral,” the
mural painted by James
Daugherty in 1939 was a project
commisioned by the Works
Progress Administration.
