~ MEDICAL ~
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Often times, medical help was most accessible from family or neighbors just as James C. Whitfield Sr. described below when a Walloon Lake visitor sought out James' father for medical assistance, and gained friendship through the process:
"A couple of summers a family of Dr. Ford, Mrs. Ford, Montague, a teenager and Montague’s friend Alston Budgel rented the log cabin on the other side of Cowles. They also rented Heinie Grund’s ‘Magic’ [boat] and often took it out for rides in the afternoon. One day they came in in much distress as Montague who had been running the engine had, in turning the huge flywheel, struck his hand on the spout of the oilcan sitting alongside the engine and had suffered a deep gash. They were afraid of blood poisoning and came to Dad as they had heard that a doctor lived there. Aunt Katheryn, the widow of Dad’s former employer in his Uncle Tom’s drug store, and her teenage daughter, whom we called ‘Tom’ were visiting us so when Dad got through cleaning out Mont’s wound we all sat around visiting. It seemed that Dr. Ford was a Baptist minister from Englewood, near Chicago so we had much to discuss, as also did Tom, Monts and Audie. The teenagers went with us younger fry, too when we rowed over to Ft. Wayne Camp on the other side of the lake when we had wiener roasts. Each kid bought his own wiener (for 10¢) and we’d start a driftwood fire and when the coals were right we’d stick the wienie on a long stick and roast it over the fire. After that we’d have dessert which was always marshmallows also roasted. We had no drinks and never even thought about the lack. Tom and Monts saw a great deal of each other for quite a few years until they finally got married, all from that Walloon Lake meeting."
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
"A couple of summers a family of Dr. Ford, Mrs. Ford, Montague, a teenager and Montague’s friend Alston Budgel rented the log cabin on the other side of Cowles. They also rented Heinie Grund’s ‘Magic’ [boat] and often took it out for rides in the afternoon. One day they came in in much distress as Montague who had been running the engine had, in turning the huge flywheel, struck his hand on the spout of the oilcan sitting alongside the engine and had suffered a deep gash. They were afraid of blood poisoning and came to Dad as they had heard that a doctor lived there. Aunt Katheryn, the widow of Dad’s former employer in his Uncle Tom’s drug store, and her teenage daughter, whom we called ‘Tom’ were visiting us so when Dad got through cleaning out Mont’s wound we all sat around visiting. It seemed that Dr. Ford was a Baptist minister from Englewood, near Chicago so we had much to discuss, as also did Tom, Monts and Audie. The teenagers went with us younger fry, too when we rowed over to Ft. Wayne Camp on the other side of the lake when we had wiener roasts. Each kid bought his own wiener (for 10¢) and we’d start a driftwood fire and when the coals were right we’d stick the wienie on a long stick and roast it over the fire. After that we’d have dessert which was always marshmallows also roasted. We had no drinks and never even thought about the lack. Tom and Monts saw a great deal of each other for quite a few years until they finally got married, all from that Walloon Lake meeting."
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
Other stories abound of Walloon Lake residents seeking the summertime medical attention of Dr. Clarence Hemingway, the father of author Ernest Hemingway. Clarence Hemingway graduated from Oberlin College in 1893 and later received his medical degree from Rush Medical College. The Hemingway Family summered on the Pre-West Arm of Walloon Lake.
When Addison Nickey's younger brother Will broke his arm, Dr. Hemingway set it and put on the cast. See additional information about the Nickey Family on this same web site by clicking HERE.
When Addison Nickey's younger brother Will broke his arm, Dr. Hemingway set it and put on the cast. See additional information about the Nickey Family on this same web site by clicking HERE.
One of the earliest accesses to medical care for Walloon Lake residents
was in the neighboring town of Petoskey nine miles away.
was in the neighboring town of Petoskey nine miles away.
FIRST Petoskey Doctor
William Little, M.D. arrived in Petoskey in 1873 as the city's first doctor. While en route from Reed City to Petoskey, Dr. Little encountered Hiram Rose, a local store owner. Mr. Rose assured Dr. Little that with the opening up of the area with the GR&I Railroad established, the entire area soon would be growing and in need of medical care. Dr. Little's patients deserted him as a doctor in Reed City when he had treated other patients with smallpox. People became fearful they might contract the dreaded disease through him, so Dr. Little headed north to Petoskey, to continue his love of medicine. Dr. Little soon constructed the hotel that he called the "Rose House" on the corner of Lake and Railway Avenue (433 East Lake Street). The hotel was not only the first hotel in the area, but also became the first drug store. Dr. Little doctored far and wide, traveling by horseback as far away as Harbor Springs (then called Little Traverse) and even farther to Cross Village. Dr. Little lived in Petoskey two short years before his death at only 33 years old; having died of a heart attack. Shortly before his death, Dr. Little had purchased Greenwood Cemetery for the community. Although Dr. Little had died in a Grand Rapid's hotel, while on a trip, his remains were transferred to Petoskey's Greenwood Cemetery.
In 1880 Annie Little married Mr. Thomas Kirkland and lived on Lake Street where their home was a "center of beneficent influence."
In 1880 Annie Little married Mr. Thomas Kirkland and lived on Lake Street where their home was a "center of beneficent influence."
Petoskey's FIRST Woman Doctor
~ Dr. Margaret "Maggie" (McCauley) Kellogg ~
1853 ~ 1938
(Buried in Mancelona, Michigan)
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Kellogg
on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve Web Site.
~ Dr. Margaret "Maggie" (McCauley) Kellogg ~
1853 ~ 1938
(Buried in Mancelona, Michigan)
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Kellogg
on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve Web Site.
1898
"The question of opening a hospital in Petoskey
had been up for discussion a number of times during the past eight years."
"The question of opening a hospital in Petoskey
had been up for discussion a number of times during the past eight years."
FIRST Petoskey Hospital
(Oriental Hotel)
On the corner of Lake and Petoskey Streets in Petoskey, Michigan
This location in 2017 is The Hole/The Pit, a vacant block...
William McClintock Lockwood (Photo Above), the founder of Lockwood Hospital, passed away 1 November 1900. He was born in North Springfield VT on 26 July 1824.
"About 1880 Mr. Lockwood began going to Petoskey in order to escape the ravages of hay fever. Being so thoroughly impressed with the place, he purchased property and became a permanent resident in 1890, since which time his interests have been with us altogether. He was of a philanthropic disposition and one of his life's aims was to help others.
June 28, 1899, he deeded to a board of trustees the Oriental hotel property, worth $11,000 as the basis for a city hospital. The plans for this have been perfected, about $6,000 has been subscribed and erection will begin soon on the lot known as Toll Park and kindly donated for that purpose by Gen. I.D. Toll." ~ Historical Collections, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
"About 1880 Mr. Lockwood began going to Petoskey in order to escape the ravages of hay fever. Being so thoroughly impressed with the place, he purchased property and became a permanent resident in 1890, since which time his interests have been with us altogether. He was of a philanthropic disposition and one of his life's aims was to help others.
June 28, 1899, he deeded to a board of trustees the Oriental hotel property, worth $11,000 as the basis for a city hospital. The plans for this have been perfected, about $6,000 has been subscribed and erection will begin soon on the lot known as Toll Park and kindly donated for that purpose by Gen. I.D. Toll." ~ Historical Collections, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
Accompanying text below for photo above of Oriental Hotel and photo below of the Lockwood Hospital:
"Northern Michigan Hospitals has a proud history of service to this area that began in 1899 when Mr. and Mrs. William Lockwood donated the Oriental Hotel for use as a hospital for the residents of Petoskey.
In 1900 when it was determined that the hotel was unsuitable for such a use, a plot of land known as Toll Park was donated for the construction of a brand new hospital facility. This new hospital, later called the Lockwood General Hospital opened in 1902 and began to provide health care services." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
"Northern Michigan Hospitals has a proud history of service to this area that began in 1899 when Mr. and Mrs. William Lockwood donated the Oriental Hotel for use as a hospital for the residents of Petoskey.
In 1900 when it was determined that the hotel was unsuitable for such a use, a plot of land known as Toll Park was donated for the construction of a brand new hospital facility. This new hospital, later called the Lockwood General Hospital opened in 1902 and began to provide health care services." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
1902 Article Below: Dr. John J. Reycraft was married only two months to Miss Metta Cornell when she passed away.
SECOND Petoskey Hospital
(Lockwood Hospital on Lockwood Avenue)
(Lockwood Hospital on Lockwood Avenue)
Text Under the Above Undated Newspaper Photo: "LOCKWOOD HOSPITAL and Deaconess' Home: The first structure in Northern Michigan to be designed and built for use as a community hospital opened in 1902."
The nine men noted in the June 28, 1899, article above became the first Board of Trustees of Lockwood Hospital and Deaconess' Home. As they continued to meet, they decided that the Oriental Hotel [Photo farther above] was no longer suited sizewise for a hospital and a search began for another hospital. "The search ended on February 9, 1900, just one day after the incorporation of the Hospital and Deaconess' Home as a non-profit organization... General Isaac D. Tolll donated an area known as Toll Park, on the corner of Lindell and Elm Streets, to the Trustees for a building site." Elm Street was renamed Lockwood Avenue, where the first Lockwood Hospital was opened in 1902 [Photo above]. ~ Quotations from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
A new law required registration of births to the city clerk.
On 5 January 2017 the Emmet County MI Clerk's office stated regarding the article above: "We have birth registrations dating back to 1869 for cities, townships, and villages within Emmet County."
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Article Below: Miss Clara Wingate "without a doubt had more to do with the building up of Petoskey's two hospitals than any other woman in the city." Photo Below: Clara Wingate was included in the photo below with the Doctors Reycraft.
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It is not clear IF the photo above of the interior of the home is in the home/office of the Drs. Reycraft, OR IF it might be the interior of the Wingate Residence in the photo below beside the Petoskey Carnegie Library. IF it is the interior of the office, it could be in the Second Petoskey Hospital 1908 ~ 1911 two photos below. Also, note that Snowball (John Anderson) is pictured farther below as a "driver" in the 1910-1911 newspaper article of the nurses in a car. The Wingate residence was located at 447 East Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan. After the deaths of the Drs. John and George Reycraft, Snowball was connected with the Hotel Perry. John "Snowball" Anderson was buried in the University of Michigan Medical School Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Article Below: The 1983 Petoskey News Review article below stated much of the history of the Medical community,
and explains how Petoskey ended up with more than one hospital.
The continued page 5 has not yet been scanned and put on-line, so is not posted here.
and explains how Petoskey ended up with more than one hospital.
The continued page 5 has not yet been scanned and put on-line, so is not posted here.
Petoskey Directories indicate the locations of the offices of the Drs. Reycraft
(Information submitted by Linda Harvey)
(Information submitted by Linda Harvey)
Petoskey City Directory 1903:
George E Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
John J Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1905:
George E Reycraft, physician and Mayor of Petoskey, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
John J. Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1911:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1913:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1915:
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 305 ½ Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1917
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1919
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
George E Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
John J Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1905:
George E Reycraft, physician and Mayor of Petoskey, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
John J. Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1911:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1913:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1915:
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 305 ½ Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1917
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1919
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
The Division of Medical Services
"One hot summer day in 1909 an event took place at Lockwood Hospital splitting the practice of medicine in Petoskey into two camps, where it remained for almost 70 years." The problem arose when a GR&I Railroad worker was injured, and he was refused admittance to Lockwood Hospital because Dr. John Reycraft could not be located. Dr. Reycraft was the surgeon who took care of the railroad employees. An altercation ensued, and ended with the Drs. Reycraft brothers leaving Lockwood Hospital, and moving their patients to the house in the photo below on Arlington Avenue. ~ Quotation from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
The Third Petoskey Hospital was located on Arlington Avenue.
The booklet PETOSKEY 'QUEEN CITY OF THE NORTH' published many years ago stated about The Petoskey Hospital:
"The Petoskey Hospital was established January 10, 1908, by Doctors John and Geo. Reycraft, two of the most prominent of the professional men of this city, and has been very successful ever since. It is located on Arlington Avenue between Petoskey and Bay View, and is fitted up with fifteen beds, with trained nurses and assistants in charge. There are at present five young ladies being trained for nurses at this institution
The operating room is fitted up with especial care and with reference to the nature of the work to be performed, and contains a full complement of the latest and best surgical instruments and accessions. The hospital surroundings are sanitary and cheerful, the climate wonderful, making three features tending toward speedy recovery. Dr. John Reycraft has been located in Petoskey for the past fifteen years and Dr. Geo. Reycraft for about thirteen years, both having built up enviable practices in that time. Every person who has been a patient in this hospital speaks very highly of the treatment accorded them."
The operating room is fitted up with especial care and with reference to the nature of the work to be performed, and contains a full complement of the latest and best surgical instruments and accessions. The hospital surroundings are sanitary and cheerful, the climate wonderful, making three features tending toward speedy recovery. Dr. John Reycraft has been located in Petoskey for the past fifteen years and Dr. Geo. Reycraft for about thirteen years, both having built up enviable practices in that time. Every person who has been a patient in this hospital speaks very highly of the treatment accorded them."
THIRD Petoskey Hospital
Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
(Also the home of Drs. George and John Reycraft)
1908 ~ 1911
Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
(Also the home of Drs. George and John Reycraft)
1908 ~ 1911
Photo Below: Dr. Hihart, Drs. John and George Reycraft (center and right) with early staff
1910 ~ First Class of the Petoskey Hospital Training School For Nurses
Obituary Above: Edith Miller Henderson, born at the family home on Walloon Lake, was a graduate nurse from the Petoskey hospital. On 1 December 1915 Edith married Robert Henderson. On 5 February 1917, after having worked with Dr. John Reycraft for about seven years, Edith died of a tubular pregancy.
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Mahla "Mother" Ramsby who visited the sick and cared for the needy passed away in 1931.
Miss Elizabeth Schneider, Petoskey's own Florence Nightingale, graduated from the second class of the Petoskey Hospital School of Nurses in 1915. Her nursing tales captured the days before the new hospital was built, days of lumber camps with their accident cases, and traveling by horse and buggy to the patients. |
1896 Article Below: Dr. Reycraft often had to attend work related injuries like that suffered from the nearby tannery in Kegomic.
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Dr. Reycraft's home on Arlington Avenue as shown in the photo toward the top of this webpage
was very close to the Petoskey Winter Sports Park where he was going to go ice skating as in the photo below.
FOURTH Hospital in Petoskey
1911 ~ 1921
1911 ~ 1921
The Fourth Hospital in Petoskey was the converted Hotel Del Ray (Moyer) at 428 Emmet Street
with its mansard roof, on the corner of Michigan Street.
It was staffed by Drs. John and George Reycraft.
with its mansard roof, on the corner of Michigan Street.
It was staffed by Drs. John and George Reycraft.
Two Photos Below: Almost a year later than above photo, and not much improvement made other than removal of the scaffolding; still boarded up building openings, missing upper siding/roofing... What a site for the neighbors to have viewed for years.
On 15 March 2017 the property was sold by Elias Amash for $67,000.00 to Jonathan Scheel's "Hotel Del Rey LLC". This unfinished state of the building was while Scheel was running for Michigan congressman... NOT a great example of caring for the neighborhood or those he hoped to represent, while he owned the property. Scheel sold the property 1 July 2022 to John P. Silva of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, for $125,000.00. How long will the city continue to allow such blight to exist?
On 15 March 2017 the property was sold by Elias Amash for $67,000.00 to Jonathan Scheel's "Hotel Del Rey LLC". This unfinished state of the building was while Scheel was running for Michigan congressman... NOT a great example of caring for the neighborhood or those he hoped to represent, while he owned the property. Scheel sold the property 1 July 2022 to John P. Silva of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, for $125,000.00. How long will the city continue to allow such blight to exist?
Below: The City of Petoskey City Council meeting for 23 January 2023 presented the following Project Summary/Property History regarding setting a hearing regarding the "Potential Establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act (OPRA) District for 424 Emmet Street."
Article Below: By 1919 the Fourth Hospital located on Emmet Street had "enjoyed a steadily increasing patronage until for many months patients have been housed in nearby residences. This condition made it necessary to enlarge the institution and it was decided to purchase the Hotel Perry."
The Perry Hotel was never converted to a hospital because interested citizens convinced the Reycrafts into maintaining the hotel in its operations for the tourist trade. [The Stafford's Perry Hotel has a designated "Reycraft Room" on the main floor] The Drs. Reycraft still recognized the need for a larger hospital facility than the Emmet Street Hospital so they did buy the Grand Hotel building in 1921. Petoskey's Grand Hotel, however, was sold previous to the Reycraft purchase, to an Ontario purchaser as noted in the 29 October 1919 Petoskey Evening News article below: |
When Dr. John Reycraft first came to Petoskey he had a satelite office in Mackinaw City under the name of Reycraft & Brown. Dr. George E. Brown practiced there as a surgeon for twenty years for the G.R. & I. Michigan Central and D., S.S. & A. railroads at Mackinaw. Dr. Brown passed away in the West in 1919.
Fifth Hospital in Petoskey
1921 ~ 1939
1921 ~ 1939
Later, in 1921, the Petoskey Hospital was located on the Bear River which fed out of Walloon Lake,
just before emptying into Little Traverse Bay beside Petoskey.
This hospital was again a converted hotel; originally built in 1902 with a capacity for 100 guests.
The original hotel, named the Haertal Inn, was owned by Harry Haertal.
In 1915 it was sold to George and Corbett W. Doherty who were meat dealers.
Then it became the Grand Hotel at 105 West Lake Street.
It was purchased by the Drs. George and John Reycraft for a hospital in 1921.
The Petoskey Hospital in the photo below shows on the front left with its building reflected in the river.
The 22 June 1948 Petoskey Evening News had an article titled: "History of Old Chief Petoskey Is Clarified By Local Woman" ( Ethel Rowan Fasquelle). She wrote: "And where did the Petoskey family live? Let someone ask any member of the old Knecht family, for the grandfather of the present generation of that family bought the old Petoskey home, located on the spot where the old Petoskey Hospital used to stand, and moved it across the street and lived in it many years ago to make room for a modern residence in the block west of of the water works building. It was a very good looking two story house as I recall it when the Petoskey family lived in it."
The travel guide Petoskey PE~TO~SE~GA - THE RISING SUN Page 6 describes the two hospitals in Walloon Lake's neighboring Petoskey:
"A blessed boon to those who chance to need surgical or medical attention are Petoskey's two celebrated hospitals. Lockwood Hospital, located at the very highest altitude in this city of elevations, removed from contact with industry and commerce, is at the same time within five minutes of the business section of the city. Under the supervision of eminent physicians and surgeons, this community institution has sent back, complete in health, innumerable seemingly incurable invalids.
The Petoskey Hospital, situated directly on the shore line of Little Traverse Bay, is a thoroughly modernized example of sanitation where medical and surgical science finds highest expression. The great popularity of the famous surgeons in charge brings from all directions vast numbers of people for treatment.
Add to the natural curative qualities of Petoskey's clarified air and mineral waters the protective qualities of these two thoroughly equipped and efficiently managed hospitals, and visiting invalids are certain of both climatic and scientific conditions in unusual combination."
The 1910 Petoskey Evening News article above stated the Petoskey Hospital was organized in January 1907 and incorporated under the state law of Michigan as a public institution in June 1909, and goes on to list the officers. |
~ Death Claims Doctor George E. Reycraft ~
1925
1925
~ Death Claims Doctor John Reycraft ~
1931
Dr. John Reycraft owned the Birch Point Resort on Walloon Lake. He owned his Reycraft Forset on the shores of Walloon Lake, being one of his choice undertakings. There he had 150 acres of virgin timber, with many more acres reforested. He often said he wanted this plot maintained forever, so that the coming generations might see how Michigan timber lands once appeared. He also was a member of the Walloon Lake Country Club.
Article Left: Additional information about the accomplishments, and community contributions, of Dr. George Nihart may be accessed in acompilation of the Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, Michigan, by clicking HERE.
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Lockwood Hospital History
Lockwood Hospital opened in 1902.
The ORIGINAL Lockwood Hospital
was located on Lockwood Avenue in downtown Petoskey MI.
Later on, after that building was razed, Lockwood~McDonald Hospital was built on Arlington Avenue Petoskey MI.
Lockwood ~ McDonald Hospital also was razed, and the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Center
has been built in the same general vicinity.
Photo Below: On the back of the photo below it was written:
"Josiah 'Cy' Couch homesteaded 80 acres site of old Lockwood Hosp. Petoskey Mich"
Two Photos Below: Lockwood General Hospital before the addition... showing the planted fields surrounding it. In 2017 the hospital has been razed, and the land has been developed into houses, with the Lockwood Field Playground still remaining. The playground was called "The Tanks" at one time because that was where city water tanks were located... "Let's go play at 'The Tanks.'"
A women's organization, "Home Benevolent Society" included Mrs. Anne Kirkland, the widow of Petoskey's first doctor, Dr. Little. The hospital benefited from the women's group which raised funds and undertook various other endeavors. Even employees, and other community members worked together to help offset hospital expenses. "For instance, Bill Bathke, a janitor at the facility, kept a garden on the land near the city reservoir to supply vegetables to the Hospital. He also dug a root cellar behind the Hospital on Lockwood Avenue to preserve root vegetables for winter use. In addition, a cheap supply of milk was made available from a cow donated to the Hospital by then trustee Morgan Curtis. The cow was pastured on the spot that is now Lockwood playground." ~ Quotations from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
"In 1938 an addition to Lockwood General Hospital was completed including a nursery, dietary, dining and laundry facilities as well as increasing the capacity to 44 patients.
At the same time, a drive to build a new Petoskey Hospital was spearheaded by several summer residents. Built on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burns, the new hospital opened in 1939." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
1941 Article below reads:
"Lockwood General Hospital, the pioneer hospital of Petoskey was organized as a non profit corporation in 1901. It was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lockwood. On June 29, 1899, they deeded the Oriental Hotel property to nine Petoskey citizens who were to act as a Board of Trustees. B.H. Cook was elected president. Leon Chichester, treasurer, and Chalmers Curtis, secretary.
In 1900 Isaac D. Toll offered Toll Park as the site for the hospital and on Feb. 9, 1900 deeded the property to the Hospital Board. On April 10, 1901, construction of the building commenced and was completed the following year July 15, 1902, the first patient was admitted. In October, 1901, Mrs. Annie Kirkland presented the suggestion of organizing a Ladies Auxiliary board. The following year the opening of the institution "Hospital Day" was inaugurated.
Various improvements have been made the past ten years in enlarging and modernizing the present building. On December 6, 1937, work was started on a modern fireproof addition which was completed in July, 1938, making additional capacity of 25 beds, or a total of 50 beds, operating room and delivery room.
Administration of the Hospital affairs is conducted in a self perpetuating board of which Watson Snyder is president, C.F. Garvin, vice president and W.B. Lawton, secretary and treasurer.
Other members include Water Schlechte, G.F. Bain, C.W. Christopher, G.W. McCune, George Danser, Dr. R.D. Engle, Mrs. G.W. Whitfield, Mrs. Sarah J. McDonald, Mrs. Thomas McKeachie.
Miss Helen Malpass is superintendent of nurses and Don Brown is business manager."
"Lockwood General Hospital, the pioneer hospital of Petoskey was organized as a non profit corporation in 1901. It was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lockwood. On June 29, 1899, they deeded the Oriental Hotel property to nine Petoskey citizens who were to act as a Board of Trustees. B.H. Cook was elected president. Leon Chichester, treasurer, and Chalmers Curtis, secretary.
In 1900 Isaac D. Toll offered Toll Park as the site for the hospital and on Feb. 9, 1900 deeded the property to the Hospital Board. On April 10, 1901, construction of the building commenced and was completed the following year July 15, 1902, the first patient was admitted. In October, 1901, Mrs. Annie Kirkland presented the suggestion of organizing a Ladies Auxiliary board. The following year the opening of the institution "Hospital Day" was inaugurated.
Various improvements have been made the past ten years in enlarging and modernizing the present building. On December 6, 1937, work was started on a modern fireproof addition which was completed in July, 1938, making additional capacity of 25 beds, or a total of 50 beds, operating room and delivery room.
Administration of the Hospital affairs is conducted in a self perpetuating board of which Watson Snyder is president, C.F. Garvin, vice president and W.B. Lawton, secretary and treasurer.
Other members include Water Schlechte, G.F. Bain, C.W. Christopher, G.W. McCune, George Danser, Dr. R.D. Engle, Mrs. G.W. Whitfield, Mrs. Sarah J. McDonald, Mrs. Thomas McKeachie.
Miss Helen Malpass is superintendent of nurses and Don Brown is business manager."
1949
Lockwood Hospital Modernized
Lockwood Hospital Modernized
Photo Below: This photo was taken as an interest article in the Petoskey News Review about the geese in the pond on the property of the Curtis Family. The Curtis home was on Lockwood Avenue right across from Lockwood Hospital which is in the background in the photo below.
1962
Lockwood General Hospital has Purchased 13 Acres for New Lockwood McDonald Hospital Building...
Lockwood General Hospital has Purchased 13 Acres for New Lockwood McDonald Hospital Building...
Article Below: Lockwood MacDonald Hospital Ground Breaking Announced
Photo Below and Article Right: It was reported that
the original Lockwood Hospital site (Lockwood Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan) became a single family residential development. |
Demolition of Lockwood Hospital
1967
1967
The Beginnings of Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital
1963
1963
Expansion for Lockwood-MacDonald Office Suites/Offices
1970 and 1974
1970 and 1974
Building of the new John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion
2010
2010
Four 8 April 2012 Photos Below of the Lockwood McDonald Debris and the new Demmer Center: The NEW Lockwood McDonald Hospital (mentioned in the 1965 dedication articles and photos right above) built off Arlington Avenue lasted until 2012 when it was razed. The property in front of this Arlington Avenue location became an extension of McLaren Hospital as the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center at 820 Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan. The Demmer Center opened its door on 11 July 2011.
Below: John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center at 820 Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
2021
2021
~ Little Traverse Hospital History ~
Postcard Below:
"Little Traverse Hospital provides modern medical care for residents and visitors in all of Northwest Michigan
as well as Petoskey, its home."
"Little Traverse Hospital provides modern medical care for residents and visitors in all of Northwest Michigan
as well as Petoskey, its home."
A booklet titled "First Twenty Years of Little Traverse Hospital Petoskey, Michigan" is very informative and includes interesting photos.
Additional information about Dr. Dean C. Burns may be found on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site's web page about "People."
On 29 April 1939, the Little Traverse Hospital, with 68 beds, opened its doors and patients were transferred from the Petoskey Hospital to the new $275,000.00 facility. The hospital has continued to be the largest year-round employer in Emmet County. Medical professionals moving to the area have positively impacted the community’s quality of life. ~ "Reflections" supplement to the Petoskey News Review
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"Facilities expansions were completed on the Little Traverse Hospital in 1950, 1957, 1968, and 1972. (In 1939 the name was changed to reflect the regional nature of its services and patient population.)
As pressures to contain costs and fill or dispose of empty hospital beds grew in the 1970's, the two hospitals began to look seriously at the possibility of merger. After much discussion, studies and more discussion, the Boards of Trustees of the two hospitals voted to merge in June 1977. Thus, Northern Michigan Hospitals were born.
During the merger talks, plans for a $26 million expansion at the Little Traverse Division were finalized and later approved by the State. The dream shared by so many has now become a reality (Photos Below Left And Center). Yet with the completion of this our latest expansion, we mark only the beginning of a bright future of high quality health care for over 200,000 residents of Northern Michigan. Renovations continue at both divisions and are scheduled for completion in 1980. A new Mental Health Unit has been added at the Lockwood Division and Radiation Therapy services are slated to begin this September at the Little Traverse Division (Photo Below Right)." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
~ Medical Related News ~
Eventually, Dean Burns, subject of the 1917 news article below, returned to Walloon Lake and to nearby Petoskey as a doctor to open the Burns Clinic which was a miraculous medical facility for years... where many Walloon Lake residents accessed their health care.
Article Below Left: Prior to leaving Petoskey Dean Burns worked at local Petoskey jobs.
Photo Below: The mural in the lobby of the Hospital from 1939 ~ 1981,
by Robert Bushnell Hyman was a gift from Mrs. Robert C. Wheeler and N.A. Owings of Chicago.
by Robert Bushnell Hyman was a gift from Mrs. Robert C. Wheeler and N.A. Owings of Chicago.
Photo Below: SIXTY YEARS after the painting was dedicated doctors gathered L>R: Dr. Hegner, Dr. Blum and Dr. Conway.
Compare the painting in the photo above to the photograph above on the right. It appears that the painting was created from the photograph. The date of the painting is unknown, as well as the name of the artist is unknown. The two photographs above are very similar except the photo on the left has an unidentified man on the back right.
Photo Below: Dr. and Mrs. Lilga with probably their oldest daughter Ingrid.
Photo Below: Dr. Burns eventually had a cottage on Walloon Lake, and Dr. Lilga drowned in Walloon Lake.
This office, noted in above article, occupied by Dr. Alm (later by Dr. Reus) located at the corner of Lake and Park streets is the home of American Spoon Cafe in 2019.
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Photo Below: In 1954, Dr. Burns set the cornerstone for Burns Clinic.
1978 ~ Dr. Burns Died
1993 ~ Dr. Conway Died
Photos Below: Posted on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site only by permission from
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
The photo illustrates the massive changes that have happened in the last years regarding the hospital facility.
For access to additional photos/information about the hospital expansion, click HERE.
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
The photo illustrates the massive changes that have happened in the last years regarding the hospital facility.
For access to additional photos/information about the hospital expansion, click HERE.
~ The Hospital of the University of Michigan ~
1904
If Walloon Lake people were in need of more specialized medical care than the local area provided,
The Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI was already established by 1904
like in the photo and article below:
The Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI was already established by 1904
like in the photo and article below:
~ Early Ambulance and Funeral Home ~
(Walloon Lake Access)
Stone Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
(Walloon Lake Access)
Stone Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Photo Below : In Early Years, if Walloon Lake people were in need of ambulance service or a funeral home, Petoskey's Stone Funeral Home provided such access. Although ambulance service and the funeral home were both on Stone's 1930's advertisement below, the two services seem a bit diametrically opposed.
The current owner of the Stone Funeral Home is Tim Londo who kept the longstanding community name provided by Nathan Stone who started the business in 1899. Tim Londo purchased the business from Roger Lintz.
Photos Above (Click to Enlarge) :
The building of the Previous Stone Funeral Home
and
Ambulance Service
is shown in photos taken 19 September 2017.
The building of the Previous Stone Funeral Home
and
Ambulance Service
is shown in photos taken 19 September 2017.
In June 2017, Marilyn Stone Whitfield commented about the advertisement above, regarding her family's Petoskey business at 523 East Mitchell Street. She thought the advertisement was from the 1930s with the first clue being the 3 digit telephone number. Also, Marilyn's dad, Quinton J. Stone (son of Nathan Stone) was listed as the sec/treasurer. Quinton graduated in the mid 1920's from college so she thought that narrowed down the time frame.
In addition, Marilyn's brother Karl Stone has added much detail regarding the history of the funeral home building itself because in the advertisement picture above the building appears that it may have been a boarding house, or have had some other use at one time. Along with some of his Stone family's genealogy, Karl explained the progression of the entire building (never having been a boarding house) as shown in the advertisement above:
"This picture appears to predate the time my father, Quinton Joseph Stone, and family, moved into the renovated apartment above the funeral home ca. February 1939. The arch (?), like a huge hair pin, at the far left, rising above the back portion of the funeral home, was gone when we moved there. I have no idea what its function might have been. There was no separate building behind the funeral home, all of it being a single, connected structure. However, the front is a wooden, frame building, the back is of cement block and brick. The second story of the wooden building was the apartment. The two front windows above the funeral home porch lighted the original bedroom of my siblings and me. In the mid 1940s, two additional bedrooms and a porch were added on top of the brick building, with windows facing the street, for my brother and me, and one for my sister with a window facing the back porch, along with the door to the porch. The trees in the advertisement were located in the neighbor's yard behind the funeral home.
Nathan and second wife (Maud Rowena (Ball) Stone), were living in the apartment when Dad and Mom decided to move from their original house on Lindell Avenue in Petoskey, for considerable convenience. My Grandparents moved to their new (?) home on State Street. When the apartment was renovated, we moved in.
The basement was unfinished, but later, part became a "game room" for us three kids around 1947-8, along with a bathroom. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, the room became the new embalming room. A room at the rear of the basement became a laundry room, a bit of a trip for Mom to do the laundry! In between the two rooms was a storage and work room, with another small storage room and coal bin bordering the alley. I don't know the history of the building before 1939. but that could be found at the city property records.
The ground floor of the frame building housed the business entry room, business office, a second room used for extra seating space as needed and a piano, and one family room. To the rear was the embalming room which later became a small bedroom for Dad's convenience, while the former game room became the new embalming room, after the family moved to their home in Rosedale on Boulder Lane in 1950, along the shore of Little Traverse Bay. There was a small, windowed porch bordering the alley where flower baskets and flower stands were stored. Behind the frame building and next to the brick building was a small backyard with a large, multi-armed clothes line. We also raised rabbits in a two-storied hutch next to the brick building.
The brick building housed an auditorium-sized room for services, and also served as a sales room for families to choose a casket. A long row of folding padded chairs lined the west wall. I used to crawl through the bottom openings of the long row, pretending it was a tunnel to a mysterious treasure. Eventually it became too small to navigate! Behind the auditorium-chapel was an unheated room for storing caskets brought up from the garage basement underneath, moved on an elevator up to the room. Recently shipped caskets were stored in their shipping crates in the large basement garage temporarily.
Dad graduated from DePauw University in 1925, and assisted his father, Nathan Jarvis Stone, who founded the Stone Funeral Home in 1899. Dad became secretary of the business in 1930.
Shortly after WWII, renovations included a new business room, located in the center of the former porch, recessing the entrance to the apartment, while the entrance to the funeral home became more open by the removal of the windowed wall on the far right of the building. The former business office became another family room and a bathroom, much more accessible to the public than the original bathroom upstairs in the apartment. A third family room took up part of the former "second room" mentioned above. A lighted plant scape was added to the entry, filled with tropical plants.
I don't know when my Grandfather, Nathan Jarvis Stone, retired, nor when my Father became President (or perhaps bought the business). Dad and his brothers had shares in the funeral business, all of which eventually were sold to the Funeral Home. Donald Paul Ross, Dad's long time assistant, took over the business some time in the 1960s. At some later date, the business was sold to the present owners (?) and moved to the new location. A law firm bought the building at a later date, making further renovations."
~ Karl Stone (28 June 2017)
In addition, Marilyn's brother Karl Stone has added much detail regarding the history of the funeral home building itself because in the advertisement picture above the building appears that it may have been a boarding house, or have had some other use at one time. Along with some of his Stone family's genealogy, Karl explained the progression of the entire building (never having been a boarding house) as shown in the advertisement above:
"This picture appears to predate the time my father, Quinton Joseph Stone, and family, moved into the renovated apartment above the funeral home ca. February 1939. The arch (?), like a huge hair pin, at the far left, rising above the back portion of the funeral home, was gone when we moved there. I have no idea what its function might have been. There was no separate building behind the funeral home, all of it being a single, connected structure. However, the front is a wooden, frame building, the back is of cement block and brick. The second story of the wooden building was the apartment. The two front windows above the funeral home porch lighted the original bedroom of my siblings and me. In the mid 1940s, two additional bedrooms and a porch were added on top of the brick building, with windows facing the street, for my brother and me, and one for my sister with a window facing the back porch, along with the door to the porch. The trees in the advertisement were located in the neighbor's yard behind the funeral home.
Nathan and second wife (Maud Rowena (Ball) Stone), were living in the apartment when Dad and Mom decided to move from their original house on Lindell Avenue in Petoskey, for considerable convenience. My Grandparents moved to their new (?) home on State Street. When the apartment was renovated, we moved in.
The basement was unfinished, but later, part became a "game room" for us three kids around 1947-8, along with a bathroom. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, the room became the new embalming room. A room at the rear of the basement became a laundry room, a bit of a trip for Mom to do the laundry! In between the two rooms was a storage and work room, with another small storage room and coal bin bordering the alley. I don't know the history of the building before 1939. but that could be found at the city property records.
The ground floor of the frame building housed the business entry room, business office, a second room used for extra seating space as needed and a piano, and one family room. To the rear was the embalming room which later became a small bedroom for Dad's convenience, while the former game room became the new embalming room, after the family moved to their home in Rosedale on Boulder Lane in 1950, along the shore of Little Traverse Bay. There was a small, windowed porch bordering the alley where flower baskets and flower stands were stored. Behind the frame building and next to the brick building was a small backyard with a large, multi-armed clothes line. We also raised rabbits in a two-storied hutch next to the brick building.
The brick building housed an auditorium-sized room for services, and also served as a sales room for families to choose a casket. A long row of folding padded chairs lined the west wall. I used to crawl through the bottom openings of the long row, pretending it was a tunnel to a mysterious treasure. Eventually it became too small to navigate! Behind the auditorium-chapel was an unheated room for storing caskets brought up from the garage basement underneath, moved on an elevator up to the room. Recently shipped caskets were stored in their shipping crates in the large basement garage temporarily.
Dad graduated from DePauw University in 1925, and assisted his father, Nathan Jarvis Stone, who founded the Stone Funeral Home in 1899. Dad became secretary of the business in 1930.
Shortly after WWII, renovations included a new business room, located in the center of the former porch, recessing the entrance to the apartment, while the entrance to the funeral home became more open by the removal of the windowed wall on the far right of the building. The former business office became another family room and a bathroom, much more accessible to the public than the original bathroom upstairs in the apartment. A third family room took up part of the former "second room" mentioned above. A lighted plant scape was added to the entry, filled with tropical plants.
I don't know when my Grandfather, Nathan Jarvis Stone, retired, nor when my Father became President (or perhaps bought the business). Dad and his brothers had shares in the funeral business, all of which eventually were sold to the Funeral Home. Donald Paul Ross, Dad's long time assistant, took over the business some time in the 1960s. At some later date, the business was sold to the present owners (?) and moved to the new location. A law firm bought the building at a later date, making further renovations."
~ Karl Stone (28 June 2017)
NOTE: Emmet County's Property Search reveals that when last titled as Stone Funeral Home Inc., the property was sold to an investment Group on 12/15/1989. The property then went through several various property owners until the latest sale having been in 03/17/2016 to Sticks & Bricks LLC.