For forty-seven years, Treasure House has played a warm and vital part in the life of Norwalk. Its Mary Poppins Victorian façade at 5 Isaacs Street has invited generations of men and women to come inside – to browse, to chat, to shop, to relax. Invariably, they have found a genuine welcome from the women inside, because Treasure House was created to be a resource for the whole community.
The roots of Treasure House reach back a century, to the very beginning of the Norwalk Hospital in 1893. When that modest health center opened to serve the medical needs of the city, a Ladies Visiting Board was formed, it’s mission was to seek out caring women from the churches, the factories, and the civic-minded families in the area. From the outset these women were determined to focus their energies on the comfort and care of the patients at Norwalk Hospital, and to minister to the needs of the hospital personnel and the student nurses. That commitment has never waivered.
During World War I, the Ladies Visiting Board became the Woman’s Board, and its responsibilities were 
broadened to include fund raising. In 1961, the idea for a thrift shop was born. Downtown, on Isaacs Street, the lights in the small Victorian house still burn. Staffed by volunteers from the Woman’s Board, Treasure House continues to serve the community.
When Honey Hill Care Center was in the planning stages, the Woman’s Board pledged $1 Million to its Building Fund. Through the efforts of our many volunteers this pledge was paid in 7 – 7 1/2 years.
In recognition of the Woman’s Board’s $1 Million pledge, a permanent plaque was placed in the Honey Hill Care Center lobby.
THE WOMAN’S BOARD OF NORWALK HOSPITAL
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS FACILITY
COMMENORATING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE 1893 – 1993
Honey Hill Care Center was dedicated on June 2, 1993.The Woman’s Board also donated $25,000 for the creation of the Strolling Gardens at Honey Hill. Today it’s a beautiful garden with paths and walkways filled with flowers, chairs and tables.It has become a place for
the residents to spend a relaxed time with family and friends or just a place for them to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air and warm sunshine.On September 26, 2002 the dedication of the Strolling Garden took place. In May 1956, the First Chapel in the Norwalk Hospital was finished and dedicated. In 2007, The Woman’s Board donated $100,000.00 for the renovation and refurbishing of the Little Chapel.
