Grotto Spring 1908

Description:	Front: Script at left reads, Grotto Springs, Winona Lake, Ind.Back: Body of message reads, 3/7 08. Dear Robert:- Have been looking for a letter for some time. But guess you have been pretty busy. Was so sorry to hear your mother is sick. Recd a letter from Sadie this A.M. Said you were down Sun. Have been wanting to write to you the last few weeks but have been pretty busy. Will be home soon. Yours. H.J.E. Addressed to, Mr. Robert Bingham, East Poplar St., Sidney, Ohio. 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:	1908-03-07
Created By:	J. B. Watson, Warsaw, Ind. (Printed in Germany.)
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/430
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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