Maple View Sanitarium


Maple View Sanitarium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	100 N. Walnut St. West Union, Iowa
Coordinates	42°41′0.7″N 91°54′46.6″W / 42.683528°N 91.912944°W / 42.683528; -91.912944Coordinates: 42°41′0.7″N 91°54′46.6″W / 42.683528°N 91.912944°W / 42.683528; -91.912944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals
NRHP Reference #	98000866^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1998

Maple View Sanitarium, also known as Community Hospital, Good Samaritan Nursing Home, and the Fayette County Historical Center, is a historic building located in West Union, Iowa, United States. It was built by Dr. Frank Beach Whitmore in 1903. The facility could accommodate 12 to 15 patients, it had its own operating room, and office. There was also a general store located in the commercial space on the main floor. Because medical care in a hospital was new in the community, it did not succeed and it folded in 1905.^[2] Whitmore left to become a missionary in China. The building housed professional offices and retail businesses until 1914 when the Nurses' Benevolent Association under the auspices of the Seventh-day Adventist Church bought the building for a hospital. It was more successful as a hospital the second time, and it was acquired by the city for a community hospital in 1920. After a new hospital building was constructed in 1951, the Good Samaritan Society bought the building for a nursing home. By 1973 changes in state law no longer made operating a nursing home here feasible. The Fayette County Historical Society acquired the building in 1975 for its use, and it operates a local history museum in the building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Laura M. Janssen. "Maple View Sanitarium" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-19. with photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Iowa

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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