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'''Fordham Hospital''' was the first public hospital in [[the Bronx]], [[New York City]], having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in [[Manhattan]]. It was located in the [[Fordham, Bronx]] section of the Bronx on Valentine Avenue near Kingsbridge Road, which at the time was a relatively undeveloped area, and inconvenient for patients and their families.<ref>History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3, by James Joseph Walsh, 1919, page 728.</ref> It moved to Aqueduct Avenue and St. James Place in 1898.
'''Fordham Hospital''' was the first public hospital in [[the Bronx]], [[New York City]], having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in [[Manhattan]]. It was located in the [[Fordham, Bronx]] section of the Bronx on Valentine Avenue near Kingsbridge Road, which at the time was a relatively undeveloped area, and inconvenient for patients and their families.<ref>History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3, by James Joseph Walsh, 1919, page 728.</ref> It moved to Aqueduct Avenue and St. James Place in 1898.


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Revision as of 14:34, 29 May 2020

Fordham Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationFordham, Bronx, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
History
Opened1892
ClosedJuly 15, 1976
Demolished1976
Links
ListsHospitals in New York State

Fordham Hospital was the first public hospital in the Bronx, New York City, having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in Manhattan. It was located in the Fordham, Bronx section of the Bronx on Valentine Avenue near Kingsbridge Road, which at the time was a relatively undeveloped area, and inconvenient for patients and their families.[1] It moved to Aqueduct Avenue and St. James Place in 1898.

On May 11, 1907, the hospital moved to a 4 acre (1.6 ha) location just northwest of the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Crotona Avenue, adjacent to what was then St. John's College, now Fordham University. The architect was Raymond F. Almirall.[2] The hospital and university were affiliated at least to the extent of sharing the hospital president, who was also the dean of Fordham's medical school, which opened in 1913.[3]

In the mid-1930s, the Federal Art Project sponsored interior murals by artists Emily Newton Barto and Elizabeth Deering.

The hospital was closed on July 15, 1976, by a decision of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation,[4] despite extensive community protests,[5] including a sit-in. The building was demolished soon afterward. The site is now The Fordham University Rose Hill Parking Facility.[6]

References

  1. ^ History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3, by James Joseph Walsh, 1919, page 728.
  2. ^ The City Record, Volume 34, Part 5, by New York (N.Y.), page 4528, May 11, 1906.
  3. ^ Fordham: A History and Memoir, by Raymond A. Schroth, page 127.
  4. ^ "Fordham Hospital Closing July 15". New York Times. July 3, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ^ "The Ram", Fordham student newspaper, November 19, 1975, page 1.
  6. ^ M, Linder Tia. "Rose Hill". www.fordham.edu.

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