Grotto Spring 1904

Description:	Front: Red printed script beneath image reads, Grotto Spring, Winona Lake, Ind. Handwritten script, starting at top reads, Dan and I are here today. Am so sorry you cant come. Were going to meet you in the [...]. Come when ever you can. Will meet you at Ft. Wayne. Creatore is at his best. D. planned his vacation so he could be with us when you were here, is so sorry. Write me when you can come. Mayols. Aug. 12, 1904. Back: Addressed to, Miss Bertha Hewitt, New Castle, Ind. The Grotto Spring is located on the north side of the Twelfth Street Hill adjacent to the Billy Sunday Home. The builder is unkown. It is a large open subterranean room made from native field stone in a circular shape. The water flows out via a concrete spillway and then passes under a small bridge also made of native field stone. At one time gold fish called the center pool home. The Town of Winona Lake filled in the Grotto Springs in the 1980s. The spring water found a new route and destroyed the pavement on the Twelfth Street Hill. The gravel was removed and the Grotto was somewhat restored. The Grotto is still a part of Winona Lake, but is showing its age.
Origin:	1904-08-12
Created By:	E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, made exp. for Bradford & Co., St. Joseph, Mich.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/424
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Grotto Spring

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