Hospitals
TIMELINE OF HOSPITALS OR MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES IN CLEVELAND:
1813 - First hospital was a temporary barracks at Fort Huntington at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
1826 - Poorhouse hospital near Erie Street Cemetery
1837 - The above poorhouse hospital became the City Hospital
1843 - The Cleveland Medical College was founded
1851 - City Hospital torn down
1852 - U.S. Marine Hospital opened - Erie and Murrison Streets
1852 - St. Joseph Hospital opened - served Irish laborers - Willett and Monroe Street
1855 - City Infirmary built
1855 - Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum opened in Newburgh (known as Cleveland State Hospital)
1856 - Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital opened - at Lakeside Ave. and Clinton Rd.
1864 - Founding of Charity Hospital Medical College
1865 - St. Vincent de Paul Hospital opened - 2351 E. 22nd
1866 - Wilson Street Hospital opened (later known as University Hospital)
1875 - Wilson Street Hospital moved to Marine Hospital at E. 9th and Lakeside
1888 - Wilson St. Hospital's name changed to Lakeside Hospital
1898 - Lakeside Hospital moved to Lakeside and E. 13th
1874 - Huron Road Hospital incorporated and located at 13951 Terrace Rd. in East Cleveland
1878 - Two women, Merrick and Parsons, founded the Women's & Children's Free Medical & Surgical Dispensary out of a corner office of the Homeopathic Medical College on Prospect.
By 1882 this organization moved to 16 Webster St. (between E. 9th and E. 14th)
By 1894 this same dispensary became Woman's Hospital
8/1/1913 This Woman's Hospital was now located at 3546 Cedar
5/1/1915 This Woman's Hospital moved to 2057 E. 107
1918 to 1946 this Woman's Hospital was located at E. 101
1878 - A young women's volunteer group called Rainbow Circle of Kings' Daughters founded the Rainbow Hospital. In 1900 Rainbow Hospital was moved from Glenville to Mayfield Rd. in South Euclid. It was later moved again to Green Rd. in South Euclid. On October 23, 1971, this Rainbow Hospital that began in 1878 was incorporated into Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital on Adelbert Rd., the current location. Beech Brook, Bellefaire, and Parmadale all started as homes for orphaned children.
1880 - Huron Road Hospital moved to 750 Huron Road
1884 - Huron Road Hospital opened training school for nurses
1884 - St. Alexis Hospital founded at Broadway and McBride
1889 - Metro Hospital (Cleveland City Hospital) was built next to the City Infirmary. (The infirmary was also used as the House of Correction)
1889 - The Children's Fresh Air Camp opened (later known as Health Hill Hospital)
1890 - St. John Hospital opened at 7911 Detroit Ave.
1892 - Fairview Hospital founded
1892 - Mt. Sinai Hospital founded
1892 - The Rescue (a home for unwed mothers) was founded at 5905 Kinsman (Later became Booth Memorial Hospital)
1894 - St. Luke's Hospital was founded
1896 - Lutheran Hospital opened at 2609 Franklin Blvd.
1899 - The Milk Fund Association was formed. The industrial revolution caused infant dispensaries to be formed to distribute milk and give medical advice for economic reasons and to enlarge the future labor force. At the beginning of the century in Cleveland, half of the deaths of infants in the first year were due to dehydration, diarrhea and malnutrition.
1903 - Holy Cross House opened for crippled and invalid children
1904 - Babies Dispensary and Hospital opened
1907 - Babies Dispensary and Hospital was moved to 2500 E. 35th (Longfellow Ave.) behind St. Ann's Maternity Hospital.
1908 - St. Luke's Hospital moved to Carnegie and E. 66th
1910 - Grace Hospital opened at W. 25th and Scranton
1913 - Grace Hospital moved to 2307 W. 14th
1921 - Cleveland Clinic Foundation was incorporated - Euclid Ave. and E. 93rd
1923 - Deaconess Hospital opened at 4229 Pearl Rd.
1927 - St. Luke's opened on Shaker Blvd.
3/20/1928 - the independent clinic called Maternal Health Association opened at the Osborn Bldg. on Prospect. (Later known as Planned Parenthood)
1930 - Booth Memorial Hospital moved to 1881 Torbenson Drive in East Cleveland. The Mary Talbert Home took over the building at 5905 Kinsman and was a home for black unwed mothers.
1935 - Huron Road Hospital opened in East Cleveland
1935 - Cleveland Osteopathic Hospital opened at 3146 Euclid Ave.
1948 - Bay Village Hospital opened at 23200 Lake Avenue
1955 - Fairview Hospital moved to it's location at 18101 Lorain Avenue in Fairview Park
1966 - The Booth-Talbert Clinic opened at 6010 Hough Ave.
OLD AGE HOMES
1870 - Little Sisters of the Poor opened (later known as the Eliza Jennings Home)
1882 - Montefior Home (Jewish) opened
1886 - The Altenheim Home was founded to care for elderly Germans
1897 - The Eliza Bryant Center opened to care for elderly blacks
1909 - Benjamin Rose Institute opened (this was to assist the elderly in their own homes)
ORPHANAGES
1837 - City Infirmary opened to care for children as well as others
1851 - St. Mary's Orphanage opened for catholic females
1853 - St. Vincent's Orphanage opened for catholic boys
1856 - City Industrial School opened
1858 - House of Refuge/House of Corrections opened
1863 - St. Joseph's Orphanage opened for older catholic girls
1868 - Bellefaire opened to care for the Jewish people
1873 - St. Ann's Infant Home opened for catholics
1884 - The Lida Baldwin Infant's Home opened
1886 - The Jones Home opened
1896 - Home of the Holy Family opened for catholics
1901 - Cleveland Christian Home opened (Disciples of Christ)