Benion Nursing Home

In 1949, Wesley and Della Benion opened a nursing home, located at 310 State Street. The building, built in the1880s, had been used as a furniture store, a creamery in the 1920s and a chicken hatchery prior to that. Wesley and Della’s son and wife, Laurence and Ivadell, managed the business from 1961 through 1974. Then Laurence and Ivadell’s son, L. D. Benion, began operating the home. At this time the nursing home had 26 on its payroll and operated at its licensed capacity of 38 patients. One of the patients then was Mrs. Wesley Benion. The nursing home closed in 1976.

Benion Nursing Home in 1954 before the new addition.

In the 1980s, the Dan Gallo family resided in the building and provided residential care to elderly residents. Today, in 2004, the building is now owned by Steve Davis and is used as a Laundromat and apartments..