Healing and Revival

After Cullis' death things began to change. Charles eldest son Charles F. Cullis died May 26, 1895. The neighbors wanted to evict the home because it had a negative effect on property values. Still the "work" continued for several years, even building a bigger facility in 1897. Initially Cullis' wife, Lucretia, continued on as general manager. She had the support of Rev. E. D. Mallory, who had married her daughter Marie, and was a close associate of Cullis in his lifetime, and one of the work's trustees. The trustees, however, moved away from physical healing to focus on the original intent of caring for the poor. They also began to advertise events for money raising, which went directly against Cullis' wishes to be dependent upon God and prayer. By 1900 Lucretia had moved, with her daughters Elizabeth and Edith, to Manhattan, NY. With no strong leadership the trust began to sell portions of the property that Cullis had purchased for various functions. Edith met and married Charles E. Wark in New York, although the marriage did not last. Elizabeth showed signs of mental illness, perhaps schizophrenia, and was sent to a sanitarium in Europe. Lucrertia evetually brought her back to the U.S. and she was placed in a sanitarium in New Hampshire, where she died. The face of tuberculosis treatment was changing, the government began taking responsibility for impoverished victims. The home continued under Cullis' name until 1920 when it was taken over by the New England Deaconess Aid Association.