Purple Heart House closes its unique hospitality role

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-12T13:20:39Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-12T13:20:39Z
dc.date.issued	1947-10-00
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000633
dc.description	The Purple Heart House at 274 W. Van Buren St. — a home converted into a club for patients at Percy Jones General — was "decommissioned" on Oct. 1, 1947, after more than 29 months of service. Created in what was known as "the old Fordham house" just around the corner from the hospital, the house was operated by the Percy Jones clubs of the Wilcox-Rich and Kellogg companies, affording patients a place to entertain visitors or simply to relax. The Oct. 19 edition of the Enquirer and News reported that the house provided lodgings for more than 1,300 relatives who came to Battle Creek to too their sons for the first time back from combat.	en_US
dc.format.medium	4x5 BW negative
dc.subject	WWII Percy Jones	en_US
dc.title	Purple Heart House closes its unique hospitality role	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	PURPLE HEART HOME.
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area History\|Wars\|World War II	en_US