Georgetown Pharmacy
was opened for business April 1, 1974 by Dennis Hendershot, R.Ph., F.A.C.A. and Darrel
Corson, R.Ph., F.A.C.A. as a full-service traditional
"drug store" in Merriam, Kansas, USA. The two pharmacists had two
years earlier, July 1, 1971, purchased the Fairway Pharmacy in Fairway, Kansas.
In 1976 they purchased their third pharmacy, Spring Hill Pharmacy in Spring
Hill, Kansas.
In 1978 Georgetown
Pharmacy was equipped with a laminar flow hood housed in a pre-filtered, positive
pressure, ventilated laboratory. This is believed to be the first sterile
products laboratory in a full line retail pharmacy in the United States. Since
that time the staff of Georgetown Pharmacy has been providing patients with
intravenous solutions and other sterile products.
In 1979 the Spring
Hill Pharmacy was sold and in 1982 the Fairway Pharmacy was merged into the
Georgetown Pharmacy.
In 1986 Georgetown
Pharmacy was expanded to the Georgetown Health Care Center. An organization of
health care professionals which offers a wide range of home and institutional
health care products and services.
In 1990 Darrel
Corson sold his interest in the pharmacy to the Hendershot Family. Darrel Corson died December 2009.
In November 1998
the Linn's Pharmacy, which was located in an adjacent medical building, was
purchased and merged into the Georgetown Pharmacy location.
In October 2001 the
Courtney Pharmacy, which was located in the Georgetown Medical Building was
purchased and merged into the Georgetown Pharmacy location.
In January 2006 the
Shawnee Mission Medical Center, who several years earlier had purchased the
Georgetown Shopping Center, tore down the shopping center forcing Georgetown
Pharmacy to move. Georgetown Pharmacy moved from 9338 W. 75th Street to a
new location at 5605 Merriam Drive, Merriam, Kansas.
The following are
pictures from the 75th Street location: