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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesIn 1907, The Warren Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged in Warren, Indiana was founded due to the generosity of William and Ruth Chopson. They donated both money, and 200 acres of farm land, to the United Methodist Church for its construction. Three years later, the first 37-room residential building was completed, and Jacob Click of Rock Creek Township, a 50-year-old bachelor, became the first congregate to move in. By 1918, there were 38 residents, and the Home had assets of $169,031.85. Over the next two decades, two more wings were built and nearly 70 rooms added. As a young man, William Chopson had been passionate about education. He created a school in Warren and another in Grant County. After marrying Ruth Swaim, the couple opened a general store in Warren. Unable to have children of their own, they turned their compassion and attention towards others. They were described as being a %u201cworthy couple (with) the confidence and respect of the entire community.%u201d And, they %u201callowed no opportunity to pass to care for the least of these.%u201d By the end of the 20th century, the facility had been renamed Heritage Pointe of Warren, a not- forprofit religious organization. Today, it offers a variety of modern amenities for retirement living%u2014 rehabilitation suites, town homes and villas for independent living, spacious residential and assisted- living apartments, memory care, and healthcare facilities. There is also a chapel, a ninehole golf course, cafeterias, beauty salons, a rehabilitation gym, heated indoor swimming pool, craft-and- hobby rooms, family-gathering rooms, and a woodshop%u2014amenities well beyond the conceivable vision that its remarkable founders could have had over a century ago.Warren Methodist Memorial Home%u2014%u2014Warren, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1909Founded with a $50,000 grant by William and Ruth Chopson on the stipulation that theMethodist Episcopal Church match the amount%u2014which it did.Homes and Orphanages