Remember When...this building housed St. Mary's hospital?
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St. Mary's hospital, 2320 N. Lake dr., was recently honored as the oldest public hospital in the state of Wisconsin. The institution was established in 1848, the same year that Wisconsin became a state, by the Sisters of Charity and named St. John's infirmary. Originally occupying a rented frame building, it was moved to a two story house on Jefferson st. in 1852. The building was cold and damp and in winter icicles hung so thickly from the ceilings that the sisters called it their "crystal palace." In 1857, the city donated three acres of land to the Sisters of Charity for a new hospital building, to be used for patients with infectious diseases. The land was far enough removed from the center of population to prevent the spread of the diseases. The same year work was begun on the 55 bed, three story, cream brick building pictured above. The water tower, a familiar Milwaukee landmark, didn't come into the picture until 1873. The five story, cream brick building which, with addi
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Hospitals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Water towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Lake Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee - Type
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