Welcome to Loyal, Indiana
Living History Village
1900-1925


Dr. Shafer's Office

This house was built in 1934 for the manager's office at the Federal Fish Hatchery
on East 9th Street, Rochester. The Fish Hatchery was closed and given to the city
in 1965 and became Lakeview Park. In 1998 the city donated the house to FCHS
and it was moved to the village for an old-time Doctors and Dentists office.
Displays include equipment donated by horse & buggy doctors, Woodlawn
Hospital, dentists, nurses, and other medical professions. It is a memorial to those
who gave so much to save lives and improve the health of this community. Barbara
Shafer Leaverton and Betty Shafer Strauss, granddaughters of Dr. Winfield S.
Shafer - the founder of Woodlawn Hospital in 1905, donated money to save the
building so it is named Dr. Shafer's Offfice. Dr. W. S. Shafer's son, Dr. Howard
Shafer, operated Woodlawn Hospital 1916-1931. A grant of $1,000 from Northern
Indiana Community Foundation was used to purchase materials to enclose a
"Medical History Room" on the north side - this replaced a porch that was removed
before the building was moved. Volunteers built the room and restored the building
in 1998-99. FCHS is collecting names and memories of all medical persons in
Fulton County to be recorded in a book to be placed in the Medical History Room,
Write your memories and send to FCHS!
Fulton County Historical Society Museums
Fulton County Historical Society
Located in North Central Indiana
Loyal, Indiana
Living History Village
1920-1925