Deaconess Hospital

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1893	House at Mary and Iowa is converted into first hospital
1899	New hospital building is completed
1920s	Additional floor and new wing change face of hospital
1948	New construction subsumes building and changes entrance
1970s	Original hospital is demolished to make way for additional buildings

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deaconnes hospital association formed 1892 protestant deaconess home and hospital inc june 1892 home corner mary and iowa major bryon parsons may 1893 protestant deaconess association purchases frame house at mary and iowa to establish 19-bed hospital parsons house at 604 mary st (old household) dedication jun 11 1893 1897 house is moved to back of lot (west) and new building constructed on the corner new building opened june 4 1899 In 1922, a four-story addition was built right (north) of the original hospital. Soon after, Deaconess added a fourth floor to the hospital which changed the roofline.

Further construction in 1948 provided administrative offices, two nursing units and a new entrance for the growing hospital. still extant in 1948 photo new wing 10/17/44 ep + sketch http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:EANX-NB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=145C1B8A648CEB18&svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&req_dat=0F92E9E8E118A68E

Large wing created along Mary St to the north was completed in 1955later subusmed by hospital Hahn Building was completed in 1960 subsumed by expansions

expanded east 1970 "East Wing" across Mary St (expanded again east?) later expanded north to Columbia St

original hospital demolished in early 1970s 1971 leaving a 1920s section in the middle as the oldest part where surgery center now is 20 city blocks http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=992547

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