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Linda Vista Community Hospital
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| Location: | 610-30 St. Louis Street, Los Angeles, California |
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| Built: | 1924 |
| Architect: | Gilman, H.L. |
| Architectural style: | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 05001499[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 3, 2006 |
Linda Vista Community Hospital, originally called the Santa Fe Railroad Hospital and Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, is a former hospital at 610-30 South St. Louis Street in Los Angeles, California, United States, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The hospital was built for railroad employees and was one of four employee hospitals run by the railroad Santa Fe Hospital Association. The property was purchased for $5,500 and the hospital was constructed at a cost of $147,000. The hospital opened to great fanfare in 1904 and even had its own Jersey cows, chickens and a garden, to provide patients the freshest milk, butter, eggs, poultry and vegetables. This original Moorish-style hospital building designed by Charles Whittlesey, known as the Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, was razed and rebuilt in 1924 in the current Mission Revival Style structure. In 1937 it was renamed the Linda Vista Community Hospital.
The Santa Fe Railroad sold the 150 bed hospital to a managed healthcare company in 1980. By the late 1970's the railroad hospital association facilities were experiencing declining use as more railroad workers began to use conventional medical insurance policies. The area surrounding the hospital also became a less affluent area and hospital funding was affected. According to California Health Law News report, when Linda Vista tried to reduce operational expenses in response, the hospital was blamed for an increase in facility death rates. During that time, the hospital was regularly treating a fair number of gunshot wounds and stabbings from the local neighborhoods, which affected its mortality statistics. An increase in underinsured and uninsured patients forced the hospital to close its emergency services department in 1989. The quality of care at Linda Vista Community Hospital continued to decline as doctors moved to other hospitals. In 1991, the hospital ceased operations. In the decades since, it has become the center of several paranormal investigations, the most notable investigation was initiated by Ghost Adventures, where the crew had stayed a full night in the hospital. Since that time, it has been used primarily as a filming location. In January 2006, the hospital was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2011 the 4.2 acre Linda Vista Hospital complex was purchased by AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc. The structures on the historic registry, the main hospital and former nurses dormitory, will be renovated into the "Linda Vista Senior Apartments" and provide a total of 97 apartments for fixed income seniors plus a medical facility. Phase I, scheduled to begin in spring 2013, will be the conversion of the dormitory building into 4 studio and 18 one bedroom apartments.
Notable works shot at Linda Vista include the following:
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