Families donate Barstow Office Center to ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital

A generous gift from two families will help support access to medical care in downtown Waukesha. The Barstow Office Center, 210 NW Barstow Street, has been donated to ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital by Frederic E. Mohs Jr., along with Nathan S. Brand and Dorothea B. Kennedy, children of Nathan F. Brand.

The building was constructed in 1917 and served as a school until 1981, when it was sold to Urban Land Interests. That company converted the school into an office building in the early 1980s. In 2000, Frederic E. Mohs Jr. and Nathan F. Brand purchased the property.

ProHealth Care has rented the building since 1990. Today it houses the Waukesha Family Medicine Residency at ProHealth Care, a ProHealth Medical Group clinic, as well as ProHealth’s Hispanic Health Resource Center.

“This generous donation and central location secures our presence in downtown Waukesha for years to come,” said Brad Treichel, ProHealth Care’s chief transformation officer. “We’re grateful to the Mohs, Brand and Kennedy families.”

The Barstow building also houses Community Smiles Dental, a non-profit organization that provides oral health care services to underserved members of the community. ProHealth Care provides administrative and clinic space in the building for the organization.

“With this gift, and through our partnership with ProHealth Care, Community Smiles Dental will continue to offer an accessible downtown Waukesha location and focus on meeting the dental health care needs of area residents,” said Scott Marshall, Community Smile Dental’s chief executive officer.”