David Horne, "Town to Restore Doctor's Office, Bloomington Herald (IN) Telephone, October 27, 2000, Smithville Vertical File, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a photocopy of the original article. NOTE: This article was accompanied by two pictures of the cottage. Dr. George Mitchell was a well-known general practitioner in Smithville for many years before his death in 1969. His office was a white, clapboard cottage beside Strain Ridge Road. In 1999, John Deckard, the building's then owner, offered the cottage to the Smithville Area Association as a gift. Members of the community donated the equipment and labor to move the cottage to its new location at Smithville Park where it has been restored and is open to the public by appointment or on special occasions.