St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital

St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital
The hospital in the early 1900s
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
Opened	1898
Closed	1951
Demolished	after 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

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]

References

1. "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.