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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesPythian Home%u2014%u2014Lafayette, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1926Originally an orphanage, later a nursing home for the general public.Said to be haunted. Voices, footsteps, cries and moans have been heard%u2014perhaps from the ghosts of former patients. Razed in 2011 at a cost of $680,000.Emily E. Flinn Home for the Aged%u2014%u2014Marion, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1900Originally called the Emily E. Flinn Home for old ladies, a one-story building was added in 1949.The home%u2019s purpose was %u201cto make the Home a refuge for aged women but in its truest sensea home where they may not miss the quiet and cheer and touch of refinement.%u201dHomes and Orphanages