St. Francis Hospital of The Sisters Of The Poor Of St. Francis

St. Francis Hospital of The Sisters Of The Poor Of St. Francis
Shown in New York City
Geography
Location New York City, New York, United States
Services
Beds 240 (in 1892)
History
Founded 1865
Closed 1966
Links
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The St. Francis Hospital of The Sisters Of The Poor Of St. Francis was a hospital that operated in New York City during the 19th and 20th centuries. It was founded in 1865 by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis.[1]

In the late 19th century[2] and early 20th century[3] it was located at 603 to 617 Fifth Street. In 1892 it had 240 beds.[4] In 1906 it moved to Mott Haven, Bronx.[5]

The hospital provided free care to all comers without respect to nationality or religion.[6] It was closed in 1966 amidst wide popular protest.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL'S WORK", The New York Times, March 5, 1884, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E2DC123AE033A25752C0A9629C94689FD7CF 
  2. ^ "WORK OF ST. FRANCIS'S HOSPITAL", The New York Times, April 1, 1889, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E2DC123AE033A25752C0A9629C94689FD7CF 
  3. ^ Koren, John; United States Bureau of the Census (1905), Benevolent Institutions 1904, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, OCLC 3638187, http://books.google.com/?id=0u0CBiv6dP8C&printsec=titlepage 
  4. ^ Kobbé, Gustav (1892), New York and Its Environs, New York: Harper & Brothers, p. 61, OCLC 7570781, http://books.google.com/?id=coUC4QotqA0C&printsec=titlepage#PPA61,M1 
  5. ^ St Francis of the Poor in The Bronx
  6. ^ D. Appleton and Company Publishers (1892), Appleton's Dictionary of Greater New York and Its Vicinity: With Maps of New York and its Environs: an Alphabetically Arranged Descriptive Index and Guide to Places, Institutions, Societies, Amusements, Resorts, Etc., in and About the City of New York. (14th ed.), New York: D. Appleton and Company Publishers, p. 128, OCLC 154728261, http://books.google.com/?id=jWsdAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA128,M1 
  7. ^ Johnson, Thomas A. (December 31, 1966), "City May Reopen Part of St. Francis", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E2DC123AE033A25752C0A9629C94689FD7CF 

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