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Still around 1970. Rodgers Hospital. Searcy AR.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

Rodger's Hospital. Searcy AR. 1970

We have had folks ask when it went away.  When did they tear down Rodgers Hospital which was located on W Woodruff Street in Searcy AR?

This picture was in a 1970 yearbook so it was still around at that time.  Searcy loved Dr. Porter Rodgers.  Even I, having to visit one snowy winter and having a sick daughter, had to have the inlaws call him to see her after hours.  It was probably around Christmas time when all should have been peaceful and quiet with no creature stirring, not even a mouse.

But he met us at this hospital, checked her out, made us all feel good, and I ended up loving him too. How was I to know that one day I'd spend the rest of my life in this town and my little daughter would be back here too helping me sell real estate.

So I am curious, too.  When did it come down?

Anonymous
coy lackie

BARBARA.
I THINK IT WAS TORN DOWN IN 1983, ON WOODRUFF BETWEEN FIR AND PECAN.

May 11, 2015 11:06 AM
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Anonymous
Tyonia Beard

I do know it was still standing in 1982. It was staged as a haunted house during Halloween that year. It was torn down not long after.

May 11, 2015 12:43 PM
#2
Anonymous
coy lackie

Yes, I allowed Gum Springs to use it for their haunted house before we tore it down. We built about 13 houses on the site .

May 11, 2015 01:28 PM
#3
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Coy, it sounds as if you have answered our question, especially when you replied that you had built 13 houses on the site!!  That's a lot of houses so it must have covered a huge area.  They were probably what we called then Farmer's Home houses?

Tyonia, I wish I'd gone to the haunted house but do not remember going.

May 11, 2015 09:42 PM