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Volume 8, Issue 12 " a paper for the people ' I December 2001 St. Joseph Hospital to Increase Services in Greentown Respondents to a survey taken late 2000 indicated that residents of eastern Howard County would like to see a pharmacy in Greentown. The town has been without one since Hutto Drugs closed in the mid 1980' s. That need will be filled as part of recently announced plans of St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center. A new facility will be built on the west edge of Greentown, across the highway fiom Barton's and the Cupboard. It will house two family practitioners and a pharmacy. Potentially there will be X- ray services. Specialists in cardiology, prenatal care and perhaps other fields will visit the .. clinic one or two days a week. Dr. Ken Ridgeway has served Greentown for about 27 years, now associated with St. Care. Hospital President, Kathleen Korbelak, said the present Greentown Clinic at 124 S. Green St. has no room for expansion. The location on West Main Street will allow the space needed for multiple doctors, a pharmacy and ample parking. Korbelak stated that this action is the outcome of a strategic plan of about one and one half years ago which identified a need to provide access to surrounding communities. The new clinic will be about 5,500 square feet. Dimensions, ( Inc. will design the building. Todd Moser, Director of Marketing and Communications for St. Joseph Hospital, said, The design will be aesthetically pleasing and will fit in with the community." Construction plans are geared for completion mid- - Joseph through Sycamore Primary 2002. A Preservation Success Story The former Hy- Red Gas Station on East Main Street in Greentown is li he National Register of Historic Places. Presently owned by Brad Howl me of Greentown's most familiar landmarks. It is the subject of tl laperweight commissioned by the Greentown Historical Society. The de he building was repeated in the new welcome sign erected by Greentow Street Association at the west edge of town. Survey of Historic Sites Coming to Greentown w In July 200 1 a yearlong project began which will document all the historic sites and structures in Howard County. Howard County is presently one of only two counties in the state which has not had the survey done. Kent Abraham, of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, will be in Greentown during early December with camera and notepad, recording details of historic sites. His observations will be mostly of the exteriors only. In addition to the visual study, he supplements information with visits to county offices, libraries, and the Howard County Historical Society. He states that he is not just looking for " grand" buildings. The architectural significance of a building has more to do with how much of the original is there. Few buildingis &- e in their original condition, so there is a grading system which places a building as non-contributing, contributing, notable, or outstanding. Common changes which affect a classification are altering window sizes and putting on vinyl siding. Abraham states, " The survey is an information tool which provides local agencies, private and public, with a record of cultural resources that can be used in community planning and development." The documentation of the survey will be archived at the Indiana Department of Historic Preservation and Archeology. A summary book will be published and made available to local historic organizations and libraries. Copies will be available for purchase by the public, as well. ' Kent Abraham records details of the West Liberty School. He identified Queen Anne and Romanesque features. The stone above the door says, " Dist. No. 4 Built 1897" ( six years after the completion of the Seiberling Mansion). After being closed as a school, it has served as a church, a meeting place for 4- H, and a residence. Kent stated that the community obviously valued their children's education. " They took the basic need of a schoolhouse and made it as special as they could. The two turrets are features you might expect on a large building in Indianapolis, but these people put them on their school." " There was a lot of learning and playing which took place on this spot." He believes it is not too late to save it if steps are taken. After all, the Seiberling was in pretty bad shape when restoration was begun. He states, " Our ' museums' are not just in conventional museum buildings. They are all around us in those things which remind us of our heritage." Photo by Rachel Jenkins
Object Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2001-12, 08:12 |
Subject | newspapers |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | newspaper |
Technical Metadata | Digital images captured by Imaging Office Systems 2008 |
Item ID | im-kokomo-news-greentown-2001-12 |
Local Item ID | Greentown History Center – newspaper collection |
Usage Statement | The Greentown Area Residential Association has granted permission to the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library and the Greentown Historical Society to copy any and all issues of the Greentown Grapevine. Permission granted to view and print items from this digital collection for personal use, study, research, or classroom teaching. |
Date Original | 2001-12 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Greentown Area Residential Association, 1993- |
Description |
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: St. Joseph Hospital to Increase Services in Greentown; Survey of Historical Sites Coming to Greentown |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Grapevine, December 2001, Volume 08, Issue 12 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | [PDFs are fully searchable] |
Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2001-12, 08:12 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | Volume 8, Issue 12 " a paper for the people ' I December 2001 St. Joseph Hospital to Increase Services in Greentown Respondents to a survey taken late 2000 indicated that residents of eastern Howard County would like to see a pharmacy in Greentown. The town has been without one since Hutto Drugs closed in the mid 1980' s. That need will be filled as part of recently announced plans of St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center. A new facility will be built on the west edge of Greentown, across the highway fiom Barton's and the Cupboard. It will house two family practitioners and a pharmacy. Potentially there will be X- ray services. Specialists in cardiology, prenatal care and perhaps other fields will visit the .. clinic one or two days a week. Dr. Ken Ridgeway has served Greentown for about 27 years, now associated with St. Care. Hospital President, Kathleen Korbelak, said the present Greentown Clinic at 124 S. Green St. has no room for expansion. The location on West Main Street will allow the space needed for multiple doctors, a pharmacy and ample parking. Korbelak stated that this action is the outcome of a strategic plan of about one and one half years ago which identified a need to provide access to surrounding communities. The new clinic will be about 5,500 square feet. Dimensions, ( Inc. will design the building. Todd Moser, Director of Marketing and Communications for St. Joseph Hospital, said, The design will be aesthetically pleasing and will fit in with the community." Construction plans are geared for completion mid- - Joseph through Sycamore Primary 2002. A Preservation Success Story The former Hy- Red Gas Station on East Main Street in Greentown is li he National Register of Historic Places. Presently owned by Brad Howl me of Greentown's most familiar landmarks. It is the subject of tl laperweight commissioned by the Greentown Historical Society. The de he building was repeated in the new welcome sign erected by Greentow Street Association at the west edge of town. Survey of Historic Sites Coming to Greentown w In July 200 1 a yearlong project began which will document all the historic sites and structures in Howard County. Howard County is presently one of only two counties in the state which has not had the survey done. Kent Abraham, of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, will be in Greentown during early December with camera and notepad, recording details of historic sites. His observations will be mostly of the exteriors only. In addition to the visual study, he supplements information with visits to county offices, libraries, and the Howard County Historical Society. He states that he is not just looking for " grand" buildings. The architectural significance of a building has more to do with how much of the original is there. Few buildingis &- e in their original condition, so there is a grading system which places a building as non-contributing, contributing, notable, or outstanding. Common changes which affect a classification are altering window sizes and putting on vinyl siding. Abraham states, " The survey is an information tool which provides local agencies, private and public, with a record of cultural resources that can be used in community planning and development." The documentation of the survey will be archived at the Indiana Department of Historic Preservation and Archeology. A summary book will be published and made available to local historic organizations and libraries. Copies will be available for purchase by the public, as well. ' Kent Abraham records details of the West Liberty School. He identified Queen Anne and Romanesque features. The stone above the door says, " Dist. No. 4 Built 1897" ( six years after the completion of the Seiberling Mansion). After being closed as a school, it has served as a church, a meeting place for 4- H, and a residence. Kent stated that the community obviously valued their children's education. " They took the basic need of a schoolhouse and made it as special as they could. The two turrets are features you might expect on a large building in Indianapolis, but these people put them on their school." " There was a lot of learning and playing which took place on this spot." He believes it is not too late to save it if steps are taken. After all, the Seiberling was in pretty bad shape when restoration was begun. He states, " Our ' museums' are not just in conventional museum buildings. They are all around us in those things which remind us of our heritage." Photo by Rachel Jenkins |