Grotto Spring 1908
| Description: |
Front: Script in lower right corner reads, Grotto Spring, Winona Lake, Ind.Back: Body of message reads, Dear cousin:- Received the belt buckel this A.M. and thank you very much for it. It is very cold here to-day and we have all keep close to the kitchen fire. Your cousin, Laura. Addressed to, Mrs. Ida Wilson, Stevens, Pa. 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. |
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| Origin: | 1908-06-01 |
| Created By: |
SL & Co. (Made in Germany) |
| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/425 |
| 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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