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Hannibal’s city park, at right, is pictured around of the turn of the 20th Century. At near left, a house has been removed that once stood on the northwest corner of Fifth and Bird. To the north is the Fifth Street Baptist Church, and past that is the Park Methodist Church. Across Fifth Street is a large duplex that faced the park, and was torn down in order to build a YMCA on the lot. In that block on Center Street at the time were three houses facing the park, one of which was likely used during the Civil War as a military hospital and later for recruitment by the Union Army.  ....

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