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New use sought for former Horton hospital

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/13/2021

(KNZA)--A new use is being sought for the former Horton Hospital.

Amberwell Atchison CEO Jeff Perry told the Horton City Commission at their August 2 meeting that efforts in investigating opportunities for use of the building have been unsuccessful to this point.

He said they worked with military type and office space for a couple entities as options for a solution to put someone in the building to maintain it.

Perry said paying for an unoccupied building is very expensive and hard to do. He said the facility is deteriorating quickly and would require over one million dollars to update.

Perry opened the door for the Mayor and Commissioners thoughts on how the building can be used and potentially where the funds could come from.

Perry said that the concern is if they don’t have a solution in the next six months, they may have to tear it down, so it is not a risk to the community.

He said they are open to hear any ideas, even if they had to donate the building and land if there’s a good opportunity to be sustainable.

The Horton Hospital closed its doors in March 2019. The Atchison Hospital Association purchased the facility and related property in Horton at an auction in December 2019. That sale was finalized in March 2020.

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