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Remember When...few wanted hospitals nearby?
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| Title | Remember When...few wanted hospitals nearby? |
| Description | This 20 room mansion, without paved street, sidewalk, running water or electricity, served as the first building for Milwaukee Hospital, the present day Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee, Inc. Located on what was then the city's western border at N. 22nd St. facing State St., the hospital admitted its first patient in 1863. He was a Norwegian sailor suffering from tuberculosis. The neighborhood was not altogether pleased with having a hospital so close, however. In 1883 a resolution was introduced into the Common Council asking for an ordinance prohibiting the maintenance of "pest houses, hospitals or infirmaries for the care of sick persons within the limits of the City of Milwaukee." At this time, Milwaukee Hospital was constructing a new 70 bed building, shown at the right of this picture taken in 1883. The resolution was not passed and construction continued on the new hospital. When the building was nearly completed, much of the inside was destroyed by arson and the interior work had to be redone. Undaunted by such obstacles in its early beginnings, the hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1963, and continues to serve thousands of patients each year. (Photo from Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee and information from the Milwaukee Public Library local history collection.) |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings | Milwaukee Hospital; Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee, Inc.; Twenty-second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hospitals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee |
| Publisher | Milwaukee Public Library |
| Contributor | Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee |
| Date Original | 1883 |
| Source | Milwaukee Journal |
| Newspaper Publication Date | 1971-10-16 |
| Date Copyrighted | 2005 |
| Type | Image |
| Has Format | Photograph |
| Relation | RW 825 |
| Collection | Remember When, F. P. Zeidler Humanities Room, Milwaukee Public Library
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| Rights | All rights reserved © Milwaukee Public Library |
| Order form | http://www.mpl.org/coldfusion/email_digital_rw.cfm |
| Date created | 2006-02-03 |
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