FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) – A historic downtown Fort Wayne building sat abandoned for nearly 30 years, but is now seeing new life thanks to new ownership.
“We came across this building in 2020 when I think a lot of people had time on their hands,” Patrick Brown says. “It’s a big building, had a lot of character…”
The St. Joseph Nursing School building opened in 1929 in downtown Fort Wayne across the street from St. Joseph Hospital. The school began operating in 1918, and the new building accomodated classrooms for the growing program and also housed dormitories for the nursing students. The school was built along a stretch of Berry Street that has since been removed, and the building now has a mailing address on Van Buren Street…