[1] Kendrick Memorial Hospital began in 1880 as a private practice established by Dr. Clark Robbins, specializing in colon and rectal diseases.
In 1948 the practice eventually came to Dr. Kenneth Comer, who with his partner, Dr. William Kendrick, renamed the facility the Comer-Kendrick Sanitarium.
Around 1968, due to fire code concerns, Senator Paul Swisher and his wife Louise, a surgical assistant at Kendrick, purchased 30 acres of Johnson's Orchards in Greencastle for the site of a new hospital.
Proceeds from the sale led to the establishment of the Kendrick Foundation, which provides "long-term support for health related programs in Morgan County, with an emphasis on the Mooresville area.
[10] In June 2019, Franciscan Health Mooresville announced plans for a further expansion to include a new medical office building.