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Whitlatch Clinic

 
 
Whitlatch Clinic Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, October 14, 2016
1. Whitlatch Clinic Marker
Inscription. In 1912 Drs. Bine and Alcedo Whitlatch opened their practice above the Milan State bank and later moved to the corner of Catherine and Carr Street. Dr. Bine had came to to Pierceville in 1906. family members Drs. Arthur Whitlatch and William Warn joined later. The Whitlatch Clinic came into existence in 1927 with an addition in 1945. The clinic was a medical haven for many Ripley County residents until it's closing in 1959.
 
Erected by Ripley Co. Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 39° 7.376′ N, 85° 7.989′ W. Marker was in Milan, Indiana, in Ripley County. It was at the intersection of West Carr Street and Catherine Street, on the left when traveling west on West Carr Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Milan IN 47031, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Southern Indiana. It was also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Milan Miracle (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); General John Morgan (approx. 2.1 miles away); Moores Hill College (approx. 2.3 miles away); Moore Hall
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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Moore's Hill United Methodist Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Union Noose Tightening (approx. 2½ miles away); Exhausted Morgan Troops (approx. 6 miles away); Gordons Leap (approx. 7.1 miles away).
 
Whitlatch Clinic Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, October 14, 2016
2. Whitlatch Clinic Marker
The Former Whitlatch Clinic image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 19, 2022
3. The Former Whitlatch Clinic
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2016, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,789 times since then and 102 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 28, 2016, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.   3. submitted on September 24, 2022, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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