Saint Joseph's Hospital, ca. 1920's.

Description

Photo of Saint Joseph's Hospital, ca. 1920's. The hospital was a sanitorium for patients suffering from tuberculosis, and were cared for by the Sisters of Mercy. The hospital began in 1900, when three Sisters of Mercy came from the Motherhouse in Belmont, N.C and opened a 16 bed sanitorium in a frame building at 40 French Broad Avenue. Following a move in 1905 to Starnes Avenue, in 1909 the present hospital site was purchased, and it had a capacity of 20 beds. It had originally been the residence of Major W.W. McDowell, who built the home in 1880. The orignial building was razed in 1923. South Wing was added in 1916 (increased to 35 beds), and in 1924 the Administration building and North Wing were opened. Open screened porches were still part of the hospital at this time, and the building was as is shown after its increase in size in 1924. It was converted to a general hospital in 1938 (110 beds), and the screened porches were closed in. Loretta Hall, a residence for Sisters was built in 1952; Madonna Wing opened in 1958 (170 beds). Photo is from the Ewart W. Ball Collection, Southern Highlands Research Center, UNCA.
Details
- Format
  - Photographs
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date photograph: 1920'S ?
  - Date: 2005-06-14
- Subject - Topic
- Source institution
  - University of North Carolina Asheville
- Identifier
  - A683-5

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