Mount Mercy Sanitarium
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Mount Mercy Sanitarium | |
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Established | 1923 |
Construction Began | 1941 |
Opened | 1942 |
Current Status | Active |
Building Style | Single Building |
Location | Dyer, IN |
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History[edit]
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in Munster, they moved in Dyer in 1942 to a larger facility to treat tuberculosis, mental disease and drug/alcohol addiction. In 1953 they added a department for a general hospital which remains today.