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Photo of the Month
Love’s
Sanitarium
The two-story building located at 506 East
Spruce Street is a beautiful example of
circa 1880 architecture in Northwest
Arkansas. Though no longer believed to be
the site of Callahan’s Station, this
building does sit on land that once belonged
to the Callahan family. In 1849 George
Jewell Callahan and his family purchased a
large section of land including what would
become part of Electric Springs as well as
the property at 506 East Spruce.
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Dr. George Love’s Sanitarium,
circa 1910. Neg. #N017890 |
Erwin Funk, an
early Rogers newspaper editor wrote about
506 East Spruce Street explaining that Mr.
D.C. Githens purchased it in 1885 and built
the brick building that still stands today.
Githens was the first to operate what then
was known as the Summit House Hotel. The
property changed hands several times over
the years before Mrs. Willie Pennington and
her husband Doctor J.C. Pennington,
purchased the building and operated a
“sanitarium,” which was an early version of
a hospital.
In 1909 the property was sold to Dr. George
M. Love. Love and his wife Alice had moved
to Rogers in 1909, and he had a downtown
office for a time. When they bought the
building they lived in part of it and opened
the rest as Love Sanitarium, a small private
hospital. Since Love wasn’t a surgeon, other
doctors performed the operations there. The
first floor included Dr. Love’s office (east
side) and a recuperation ward (west side),
while the second floor was for the operating
room (east side) and another recuperation
ward (west side). The 1918-19 Rogers city
directory bore an ad for the sanitarium and
called it “a home-like place for the sick,
convalescent, obstetrical, and surgical.”
Although Dr. Love continued to practice in
Rogers, the Spruce Street property was sold
in 1934 to George and Lula Vroom. They
listed the business in the 1939 Rogers
telephone directory as the Rogers
Sanitarium. The Vrooms were responsible for
installing a small, rope-operated elevator
in the back of the building to move patients
and equipment between floors.
The building was again sold in 1943, this
time to Dorothy and L.D. Pettit. They
changed the name to Rogers Hospital,
remodeled the building, and added some rooms
on the back side to bring the patient
bed-count to twelve. Among the doctors who
performed operations during the Pettit years
were Drs. Moore and Jennings, well known
Rogers physicians. Dr. Jennings is quoted as
saying, after working there following his
return from WWII, “The place was clean, the
patients received good care, but the
operating room was more obsolete than the
one I used almost on the front lines in
combat.”
The Pettits sold the land and building in
1947 to J.O. and Inez Wilmoth, who
reorganized the place as the Wilmoth Nursing
Home. They first added a kitchen and dining
room on the back, and, due to new
nursing-home rules in 1954, widened all the
doorways, replaced the old stairway with a
new one (still in use today), removed the
elevator, and added a sprinkler system and
steam-heating system. The nursing home had a
30-year history. For three years (1977-1980)
the Pettits leased the building and it was
home to the Benton County Adult Development
Center.
In 1980 the Wilmoth heirs entered a
lease-purchase agreement with the Office of
Human Concerns, Inc. (OHC), a non-profit
organization “to promote the well being of
the citizens of Benton, Carroll, and Madison
Counties.” OHC and the Home Energy
Assistance Program (HEAP) continues to
provide services at 506 East Spruce Street.
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People:
Rogers Academy Class of 1896
Applegate Family
Bingham, George H.
John
Black and Hugh “Tater” Black
Blackburn, J.A.C.
Blaylock, Sarah
Carter, C. Jimmie
Clarke, A.O.
Curry, Dr. William Jasper
Decker, Charles
Felker, William R.
Ford, Edsel
Funk, Erwin
Harvey, Coin
Hawkins, Harold and Frank Jr.
Hill, Fred
Jacobs, Thomas
Keck, Jack
Key, Vera
Kirksey, Birch
Lingle, Greer
Lockhart, Tracy
McNeil, Tom
Means, Joe
Morgan, Tom
Myler, John
The Sagers
Sikes, J. Wade
J.L. Shinpaugh,
Rogers City Marshal
Steele, John Bell and Mary Van Winkle
Thaden, Louise
Rice, Dr. Rufus S.
Rogers, Betty Blake
Rogers, C.W.
Rogers Dough Boys
Rogers, Will
Tribble, Letsie
Places:
Beaver Dam
Beaver Lake
Butterfield Trail
Camp Joyzelle
Confederate Monument
Lake Atalanta
Monte Ne
Old Highway 12 Bridge
War Eagle
The Amphitheater at Monte Ne
Silica Mining
Frisco Tunnel at Winslow
Wonderland Cave in Bella Vista
The Ozark Bluff Dwellers
Fisherman's Camp
Kruse's Gold Mine
Highway 71
Hanging Tree
Businesses:
The Apple Industry
Callahan's Station
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Daisy Manufacturing
Decker Motor Co.
Dyke Lumber Co.
Hailey Motor Co.
House of Webster
McNeil Chevrolet
Munsingwear
Poultry Industry
Pressing Sorghum Cane
Rogers Champion
Rogers Hardware Co.
Rogers Transfer & Storage
Suzie-Q Malt Shop
Wal-Mart
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Schools:
Rogers Academy
Rogers High School
Sunnyside Elementary School
Buildings:
The Applegate house
112 South First Street
Bank Of Rogers Building
Benton
County Jail
B.F. Sikes Log Cabin
Central Methodist
Episcopal Church
J.B. Steele House,
303 South First Street
Juhre Building (1894)
Golden Rule Building (circa 1894)
Lane Hotel
Love's Sanitarium
Mutual Aid Union Building
Palace of the Ozarks
Rogers City Hall
Rogers City Jail
Rogers Opera House
Rogers Post Office
Rogers Wholesale Grocery Company
The Key Wing
The Stroud Building (1899)
The Victory Theater
James and Sally McDaniel Home
The
Stroud Home
The
Tribble House
The Rocky Branch School
Organizations:
206th C.A. A.A
Home Demonstration Club
Rogers First Elks Lodge
Rogers Garden Club
Women's Study Club/Mas Luz Club
Benton County Possum Hunters
Rogers High School Football Team 1921
Rogers High School Marching Band 1942
936th Field Artillery Battalion in the Korean War
1960's Rogers High School Spirit
Arkansas State Guard in WWII
Events:
Apple Blossom Festivals
Benton County Fair
Bolin Murder
Inquest
Ozark Golden Jubilee
Rogers Centennial Posse
Rogers Diamond Jubilee (1956)
The Arrival of Santa Claus (1945)
The Brightwater Train Wreck (1907)
The Great Car Skate on Lake
Atalanta (1940)
Thanksgiving (1904)
The Last Reunion of Pea Ridge Veterans
Other:
Baseball
Cars
Chemical Engine
Christmas Memories
Frisco Railroad
Halloween
Natural Resources
Rogers' Congregational Church
Rogers Fire Department
Rogers
Police Cars
St. Mary's Hospital
Tobacco and Benton County
Still Busting near Bentonville
Roadwork
John Boat
Quilts
Tall Tree Tales
Civil Defense in the 1960's
Early Cars
Rogers Yuletide
Brick
Streets
Rural
Road Work |
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