Memorial 1940 Aerial

Creator

Memorial Hospital System

Author Biographical Info

Founded on September 1, 1907 as the Baptist Sanitarium, Memorial Hospital began as a two-story, wood-framed building at the end of the trolley line on Lamar and Smith. It had 17 beds and eight trained nurses on staff. It was the second general hospital established in Houston after St. Joseph Hospital which opened in 1887. It was also the second Baptist-supported hospital in the United States.

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Identifier

memorial-1940-aerial

Publication Date(s)

1940

Language

English

Description

Note how much the area has changed:

The big Victorian house in the lower left is gone, replaced by a Mission-style building and Carl McMillian’s Ford dealership. There is a new gas station across the street.

The Neoclassical building and Queen Anne house on the block to the left have been replaced by a modern office building, and there are two pharmacies, the L&L and the Continental, within a block of the hospital.

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Recommended Citation

Memorial Hospital System, "Memorial 1940 Aerial" (1940). Library Exhibit Images. 296.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/exhibit_construction/296