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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesHome Lawn Sanitarium%u2014%u2014Martinsville, Indiana%u2014%u2014In operation from 1889 to 1968After it closed as a sanitarium, Home Lawn%u2019s furnishings were sold off in 1973%u2014for as little as $60 forfour pickup trick loads of merchandise, at what was described as %u201ca glorified garage sale.%u201dHome Lawn Sanitarium%u2014%u2014Martinsville, Indiana%u2014%u2014In operation from 1889 to 1968After it ceased being a sanitarium, the final owner of Home Lawn was Daystar Ministries, who named itthe Martinsville Ministry Center from 1975-1989. The Christian residents pooled their resources and lived communally.It burned on September 10, 1989.Sanitariums and Spas
