Hillcrest Hospital (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)

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Hillcrest Hospital
Berkshire Health Systems
Hillcrest Hospital (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Geography
Location Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates 42°27′29″N73°16′52″W / 42.4581°N 73.2811°W / 42.4581; -73.2811
History
Opened1908
Links
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Hillcrest Hospital is a 77-bed general hospital located at 165 Tor Court, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1908 by Dr. Charles Harper Richardson, who saw the need for a surgical hospital in the community. This was the 2nd hospital in Pittsfield at the time. [1]

Hillcrest moved to its current location in 1951. In 1996 Hillcrest Hospital merged with Berkshire Medical Center, and is now (2021) the Hillcrest Campus of BMC.


References

  1. BMC/Hillcrest Hospital Merger, 2018, archived from the original on June 2, 2021, retrieved June 3, 2021