St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital

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St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital
St. Johns Guild Sea Side Hospital New Dorp, Staten Island (NYPL b15279351-104775).tiff
The hospital in the early 1900s
St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital
Geography
Location Staten Island, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°34′01″N74°05′55″W / 40.56704184922288°N 74.09854656214453°W / 40.56704184922288; -74.09854656214453
History
Opened1898
Closed1951
Demolishedafter 1951
Links
Lists Hospitals in New York State
Other links List of hospitals in Staten Island

St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital [1] began with an 1879 land purchase and ended after the hospital was sold in 1951 and subsequently demolished.

History

New Dorp Beach (2012), where 14 acres were purchased in 1879 for building the hospital New Dorp Beach, October 2012, on the site of the old Clearwater Beach Colony that was torn down around 1965- 2013-09-24 01-14.jpg
New Dorp Beach (2012), where 14 acres were purchased in 1879 for building the hospital

The Staten Island land acquired along the shore of New Dorp Beach was used for what became St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital. Although the hospital was not dedicated until June 1899, [1] the prior year, in September, they reported handling 255 newborns. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "THE SEASIDE HOSPITAL.; New Building Erected by St. John's Guild at New Dorp, Staten Island, Dedicated". New York Times . June 17, 1899.
  2. "For the St. John's Guild". New York Times . September 9, 1888.