List of hospitals in Vermont

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This is a list of hospitals in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by founding date. [1]

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FoundedHospitalCityCountyBedsNotes
1834 Brattleboro Retreat Brattleboro Windham
1879 University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington Chittenden 620
1896 Rutland Regional Medical Center Rutland City Rutland 144
1903 Gifford Medical Center Randolph Orange 25
1904 Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro Windham 61
1914Springfield Hospital Springfield Windsor
1918 Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Bennington Bennington 99
1919 North Country Hospital Newport City Orleans 25
1925 Porter Medical Center Middlebury Addison 45
1932Copley Hospital Morrisville Lamoille
1933 Mount Ascutney Hospital Windsor Windsor 35 (25 acute, 10 inpatient rehab)Operated out of the Thomas Emerson-Edwin Stoughton House in the Windsor Village Historical District from its founding in 1933 until 1972 when the current building was built.
1938White River Junction VA Medical Center White River Junction Windsor 74 [2]
1949 Grace Cottage Hospital Townshend Windham 19
1968 Central Vermont Medical Center Berlin Washington 122Founded in 1968 following the merger of the Heaton Hospital in Montpelier, the Barre City Hospital in Barre and the Mayo Memorial Hospital in Northfield.
1972 [3] Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury Caledonia 75Opened in 1972 following the merger of St. Johnsbury's two former hospitals, the St. Johnsbury Hospital and the Brightlook Hospital.
1978 Northwestern Medical Center St. Albans City Franklin Founded in 1978 following the merger of the old St. Albans Hospital and the Kerbs Memorial Hospital Hospital, though the St. Albans Hospital's services wouldn't be fully consolidated until 1996. Built on the former site of the Kerbs Memorial Hospital.
2014 Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital Berlin Washington 25Built as a replacement for the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, which closed in 2011 due to flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.

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FoundedClosedHospitalCityCountyBedsNotes
18831996St. Albans Hospital [4] St. Albans Franklin Merged with the Kerbs Memorial Hospital also in St. Albans in 1978 and formed the Northwestern Medical Center. However, the St. Albans Hospital remained open until 1996 when it was completely consolidated with the Northwestern Medical Center and the building was purchased by Bellows Free Academy for one dollar, plus the cost of land.
18912011 Vermont State Hospital Waterbury Washington 54Closed in 2011 due to flooding as a result of Tropical Storm Irene.
18951972St Johnsbury Hospital St. Johnsbury Caledonia Closed in 1972 after it merged with the Brightlook Hospital to form the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.
18961973Proctor Hospital [5] Proctor Rutland First hospital opened in 1896 and was used until 1904. The second hospital building was built in 1904 and was used until it closed in 1973 and was later demolished.
1896 [6] 1968Heaton Hospital [7] Montpelier Washington Closed in 1968 after it merged with the Barre City Hospital and the Mayo Memorial Hospital to form the Central Vermont Medical Center. Has been used as Heaton Woods Residential Care since 1995.
18991972Brightlook Hospital [8] St. Johnsbury Caledonia Closed in 1972 after it merged with the St. Johnsbury Hospital to form the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. The building is now being used as an apartment complex known as the Brightlook Apartments. [9]
circa 1905-1911 ?Melrose Hospital West Brattleboro Windham Operated out of the former Melrose Hotel. [10] [11]
19071968Barre City Hospital Barre Washington Closed in 1968 after it merged with the Heaton Hospital and the Mayo Memorial Hospital to form the Central Vermont Medical Center.
19071973Holden Memorial Hospital [12] Hardwick Caledonia Also known as the John Holden Hospital, the John Holden Memorial Hospital and simply the Hardwick Hospital.
19071966Vermont Sanatorium [13] Pittsford Rutland It was a tuberculosis hospital. It closed in 1966 and the building was repurposed as the Vermont Police Academy in 1971. [14]
19121990 [15] Rockingham Memorial Hospital Bellows Falls Windham The first hospital opened in 1912, had 14 beds and was used until 1915. [16] The second hospital opened in 1915, had 25 beds and was used until 1921. The third hospital opened in 1921 and was used until 1953-54. The fourth hospital was built and opened in 1953-54 and was in use until it closed in October 1990. The first and second buildings are still standing and being used as residential homes. The third hospital building was demolished shortly after the fourth one was built. The fourth hospital building became a health clinic known as the Rockingham Health Center until it closed in 2025. [17] [18]
19151993 Brandon State School Brandon Rutland A psychiatric school and hospital. Historically known as the Brandon Training School and the Vermont State School for Feeble Minded Children. It closed in 1993 and its campus buildings have since been repurposed into apartments and commercial facilities.
19191963Washington County Tuberculosis Hospital [19] Barre Washington 40Also called the Washington County Sanatorium. It was a tuberculosis hospital.
19231973Caverly Preventorium [20] Pittsford Rutland It was a tuberculosis hospital for children and was adjacent to the Vermont Sanatorium. It was later renamed the Caverly Child Health Center and served as a pediatric nursing home until it closed in 1973. Since 1980, the building has been used by the Pittsford Fire Department for an annual haunted house for Halloween.
19361968Mayo Memorial Hospital [21] Northfield Washington 29It was a osteopathic hospital. It closed in 1968 after it merged with the Barre City Hospital and the Heaton Hospital to form the Central Vermont Medical Center.
19501978Kerbs Memorial Hospital St. Albans City Franklin Closed and demolished in 1978 after it merged with the St. Albans Hospital and formed the Northwestern Medical Center, which sites on the former site of Kerbs Memorial Hospital.

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