1907 Colonial Sanatorium Martinsville Indiana

1907 vintage postcard home lawn of the Colonial Sanatorium in Martinsville, Indiana. The Colonial Sanatorium was known as “one of the three best-known watering places in America.” While drilling for oil on the property of Sylvanus Barnard in 1887, workers discovered instead an aquifer bubbling with mineral water. Although it wasn’t black gold, artesian mineral water was at that time valuable in its own right. Those seeking relief for rheumatism, acne, depression, impotence, stomach troubles, or any number of other ailments soon flocked to Martinsville for the healing waters.

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