MODERNMODERN WOODMEN
THIS HOUSE WAS THE HEAD OFFICE
OF THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, A
FRATERNAL LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY, WHEN THAT ORGANIZATION FIRST BECAME AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION IN 1884. THE HOUSE WAS THE HOME OF DR HENRY M. KENNEDY, HEAD CLERK OF THE FRATERNAL
SOCIETY FROM 1884 TO 1888. THE SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN 1883 BY JOSEPH C. ROOT OF LYONS, IOWA. BETWEEN 1886 AND 1897 THE OFFICE OCCUPIED THREE OTHER SITES IN FULTON BEFORE BEING MOVED TO ROCK ISLAND, WHERE IT IS PRESENTLY LOCATED.
ERECTED BY THE FULTON JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB
ANC THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1969