Chimborazo Hospital

On this hill stood

Chimborazo Hospital

1862-1865

Established by

Surgeon General S.P. Moore, C.S.A.

Directed by Dr. James B. McCaw.

At that time, it was the

largest military hospital in the world. It

consisted of 150 buildings and 100 tents

and cared for 76,000 patients with a

mortality of less ...

First Hospital

203 West Center

This house was built in 1890 for John R. and Bartha Blanchard. In 1903, this building was converted into the first hospital in the Cache Valley with a capacity of seven beds in four rooms. In 1916, it ...

Depot Field Hospital

Union Medical Care at its Best

“I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice.” - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers.

Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field ...

Union Hospital

Field hospital of the

XX Corps during the

Battle of Bentonville

was located here.

Four hundred Union

soldiers, wounded in

the Battle of Averas-

boro (16 miles west) on

March 16, were brought

here for treatment.

Marker is at the ...

Confederate Hospital

Following the battle,

45 Confederate wounded

were hospitalized in

the Harper House.

Nineteen of these men

died here. Surgeons

moved others to

regular Confederate

hospitals.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Buck Dunn Road, on the left on Harper House Road.

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Eloise Poorhouse/Hospital

(Front):

In 1839 Wayne County purchased the Black Horse Tavern, a stagecoach stop, Located here on the Chicago road, for use as a poorhouse. Early on the poorhouse accepted not only the county's indigent, but the infirm and mentally ill ...

Warren A. Candler Hospital

Georgia`s first hospital, this institution is believed to be the second oldest general hospital in continuous operation in the United States. It was founded in 1803 as a seamen`s hospital and poor house and was incorporated in 1808 under the ...

Crile Hospital

Crile General Hospital, named for renowned Cleveland surgeon, Dr. George W. Crile, was dedicated at this site on April 21, 1944. Dr. Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. The $4.5 million ...

Walden Hospital

Dr. Emma Rochelle Wheeler, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, established, owned and operated Walden Hospital beginning in 1915. Established to serve the medical needs of Chattanooga's Negro community, the hospital had a 30-bed capacity. Walden was staffed by 19 ...

Sint Rose Hospital

Gone but not Forgotten

On November 9, 1908, Father B. Gijlswijk of the Roman Catholic Church opened the Sint Rose Hospital on Backstreet. It consisted of 2 tiny wooden houses and it comprised a room for patients, an operating room and ...