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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesMartinsville Sanitarium%u2014%u2014Martinsville, Indiana%u2014%u2014In operation from 1892 to 1957Two separate operations%u2014the Martinsville Sanitarium and the Artesian Sanitarium%u2014whose owners were bitter rivals,were purchased by W.K. Bellis in 1897-8. He immediately combined and expanded them. Bellis sold the operation to W.A.Kennedy in 1918, who rebuilt the facility into a block-long brick Tudor structure (above) that housed 150 guests.Martinsville Sanitarium%u2014%u2014Martinsville, Indiana%u2014%u2014In operation from 1892 to 1957Two separate operations%u2014the Martinsville Sanitarium and the Artesian Sanitarium%u2014whose owners were bitter rivals,were purchased by W.K. Bellis in 1897-8. He immediately combined and expanded them. Bellis sold the operation to W.A.Kennedy in 1918, who rebuilt the facility into a block-long brick Tudor structure that housed 150 guests.Sanitariums and Spas