Dr. Roy L. Mullins, (1895-1980), originally from western Virginia, practiced medicine in Frenchtown from 1934 to 1969. He bought the house at 305 Harrison Street and lived upstairs. Downstairs were his office, emergency hospital and operating room (for minor surgery like the removal of tonsils and adenoids). It started with two inpatient beds in 1934, but increased to nine beds during World War II. Many of his inpatients were there for childbirth, and future mayor David A. Johnson was among his alumni.
Mullins closed the hospital in 1944. By then he was residing on Fourth Street in the Hudnit mansion, which he owned. By then that house, on the northeast corner of Harrison and Fourth streets, had been divided into apartments.
wonderful to see this site, Rick!
my family lived next door to the Mullins twice. We lived at 309 Harrison, the house just to the right in the photo until I was about 5 or 6 years old, say 1959. And then after I was about 16 or 17 we lived on fourth st right next to the Mullins again, that would have been the early 70’s. Us kids called doc Mullins “Moon Mullins“ after some comics character as I recall. For medical treatment we probably went to Dr Jenkins more frequently but I do have vague memories of being in the Mullins office on Harrison st.
I have written a lengthy reply twice. Neither Have been shown. I did not realize we now had to join to read about Frenchtown’s history, home of my ancestors on both sides of my parentage.