Described as the largest U.S. Army hospital of its day: designed by noted architect John McArthur, Jr. Here, wounded Civil War soldiers were cared for , Jan 1863-May 1865. On 27 acres extending to Stenton Ave., it had some 3,600 beds and treated over 200,000 patients. Razed following the war.

Marker is at the intersection of Willow Grove Avenue and Wyndmoor Street, on the right when traveling east on Willow Grove Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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