Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital

Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital

Front of the hospital
Location 505 Matthewson St., Walthill, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°9′6″N 96°29′41″W / 42.15167°N 96.49472°W / 42.15167; -96.49472Coordinates: 42°9′6″N 96°29′41″W / 42.15167°N 96.49472°W / 42.15167; -96.49472
Built 1912
Architect William L. Steele
Architectural style Craftsman
NRHP Reference # 88002762
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 16, 1988 [1]
Designated NHL April 19, 1993[2]

Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital, also known as Walthill Hospital or Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital, is a hospital in Walthill, Nebraska, on the Omaha Indian Reservation.

The hospital was developed by Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte (1865–1915), the first female Native American medical doctor.[3] Built with money raised by Picotte from various sources, it was the first hospital for any Indian reservation not funded by government money.[3]

The building was designed by architect William L. Steele in 1912 and built in 1912–1913. Set on a concrete foundation on a hill overlooking Walthill, the one-and-one-half-story hospital was built in the American Craftsman style of architecture. Typical of Craftsman style, it features a low-pitched, shingled (originally wood-shingled) roof, wide eaves with large braces beneath, exposed roof rafter tails, and a centered gabled dormer. A prominent screened porch runs the entire length of the front (east side) of the structure, bounded by columns that support the roof.[4]

The building was a working hospital until the late 1940s, after which it served a variety of functions since, including a museum.[3][5] As of 2013, it housed Mi'Jhu'Wi Ministries, a nonprofit providing services to the people of the Omaha Reservation.[6]

The hospital was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[2][7]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Picotte Memorial Hospital". National American Indian Heritage Month. Washington, DC: National Park Service. November 2001.
  4. ↑ Jill S. Mesirow and Page Putnam Miller (June 19, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital / Walthill Hospital" (pdf). National Park Service: 4.
  5. ↑ Jill S. Mesirow and Page Putnam Miller (June 19, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital / Walthill Hospital" (pdf). National Park Service: 5.
  6. ↑ "Mi'Jhu'Wi Ministries". Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  7. ↑ Jill S. Mesirow and Page Putnam Miller (June 19, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital / Walthill Hospital" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 24 photos, exterior and interior, undated (32 KB)
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