Decatur Tribune

REMEMBER THE WABASH EMPLOYEES HOSPITAL at 360 East Grand Avenue? Thanks to faithful reader Tom Hanks for sending me a copy of this postcard of the hospital from years ago. Believe it or not, it has been almost 50 years (48 to be exact) since the hospital closed its doors forever in 1972. It has been nearly 117 years since the hospital opened its doors for the first time. It was on Oct. 7, 1903, that the hospital officially opened to receive patients. It had 45 beds and three patients. After it closed, It was sold and became the home of the Community Health Improvement Center (CHIC). Today, the building is long gone, replaced by Heritage Grove that was built on the site nearly 20 years ago.

-- From back page of August 19, 2020, print edition of Decatur Tribune newspaper