The Plymouth Building which was once a pool hall in downtown St. Joseph has been donated to Mosaic Life Care.

The building located at 521 Felix St. was formerly operated as the Shooters Pool Hall. It was donated to the hospital by Robert Anderson.

“Mosaic Life Care is very grateful for the generosity of Mr. Anderson and his family,” said Mark Laney, MD, CEO of Mosaic Life Care. “Repurposing the use and investing into The Plymouth Building will be another step forward for downtown revitalization.”

The Mosaic Life Care Board of Trustees approved moving forward with investing $300,000 into the building for immediate improvements to stabilize walls and repair the leaking roof. The hospital said future plans for the use and development of the building are yet to be determined, but will ultimately have a focus on retail space and clinical services to address the needs of St. Joseph downtown residents.

After Mosaic Life Care’s announcement of moving some of their operations into the German American Bank Building, the Anderson family approached the organization with the idea of donating The Plymouth Building. The family was interested in preserving the building and moving downtown St. Joseph forward even more quickly.

“We are taking a good look at what sort of services or needs we can place into The Plymouth Building that would best serve downtown St. Joseph,” said Laney. “It will be three to four years before building renovation would be complete and open to the public regardless of what the end use is determined to be.”

Mosaic Life Care’s future investment into The Plymouth Building, is not a part of the organization’s current proposal before city leaders regarding Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the German American Bank Building downtown project.