505 W JEFFERSON ST
BLOOMFIELD, IA 52537
1946-1990
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Was home to the Southern Iowa Normal, an advanced school, first one of it’s kind, west of the Mississippi. The main purpose of this school was the training and preparation of professional teachers. The original building was brick, and the school existed for 45 years. A great many of our early rural school teachers were graduates of SIN.
See Page 8 this issue for more information on the laying of the cornerstone, as reported by The Grangers Advocate newspaper, Volume 1 No 20,1874. Or view at http://iagenweb.org/davis/SINSI.htm
The building over time has been a school, an apartment house [Prosser apartments] and a medical clinic. Between the years of 1892 and 1894 the east wing was added. After the school closing, Golden Prosser, owner, converted the structure into an apartment house. Later being bought by the Gilfillan Brothers.
Converted to a modern clinic, a facelift and additional wings along with stylish front columns made this the most modern and complete clinic of its kind in Iowa. The building has played a major role in the history of Davis County. The Gilfillan Clinic was not a hospital, just purely diagnostic, with technicians and ancillary services. The clinic became known as “Southern Iowa’s Medical Center”.
In 1946, the four brothers whom established the clinic, were Dr Earl E., Dr H J., Dr George W., and Dr Clarence D N., Sons of Dr Homer J Gilfillan, Sr. Biographies for these brothers can be found in the 1976 Davis County History book, along with The Story of Iowa: Family and Personal History , or viewable online at http://iagenweb.org/davis/gilfillan_brothers_biographi.htm
The Gilfillan Clinic doctors over the years, to name a few were, W D Haufe M.D.,[ENT], Paul Meyers M.D.,[Radiology] John R Scheibe, M.D., [Surgeon], James Mincks, M.D., Henry Perry, M.D. [Gastroenterology], Mark Pabst, M. D., [Pediatrics], Harry Mahannah, M.D., [Psychiatric], John Finneran, M.D., [Surgeon], Phillip Caster, M.D., Jaime Perea, M.D., [Obstetrics], Michael Croxdale, M.D., [Dermatologist], along with Stephen T Bender, D.D.S., Rodney Schuller, O.D., and then the business men whom kept the clinic on track, Chauncey Francis, Stanley Jaskunas [OB],Richard Schoonover [Urology], and James Knott. The clinic employed four full time pharmacists, Tony Zaputil, Larry Phillips, Ron Baker, and David Sadaro.
And of course the support staff, many in number, nurses, technicians, and secretaries. An annual patient load of 120,000 with a daily patient load of 383.
The facility expanded to 12000 square feet in 1950 and 16500 square feet in 1969 when six more Doctor's offices and a library were added. In 1974 an annex added 5,500 square feet. Closing on October 31, 1990 when the Davis County Hospital purchased the building for $175,000. In July 2010 the building was sold by the hospital.
-Sources; The Bloomfield Democrat, The Grangers Advocate, Look Magazine March 28, 1950 and the 1976 History of Davis County.