St Vincent's Birmingham
St Vincent's Birmingham (formerly known as St Vincent's Hospital) is a 372-bed Catholic hospital located in Southside on St Vincent's Drive off of University Boulevard at Red Mountain Expressway.
St Vincent's Birmingham is the flagship facility for the St Vincent's Health System. The name was changed when St Vincent's merged with Eastern Health System in July 2007.
St Vincent's Hospital was founded in 1898 by Father Patrick O'Reilly and Sisters Antonia, Bebedicia, Patricia and Placida of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent’s DePaul. Originally the sister's rented the Henry DeBardeleben mansion at 206 15th Street South.
The first hospital building on the present site was dedicated on November 29, 1900. It was designed by Thomas Walter III, grandson of the noted architect of the U. S. Capitol's dome, and built for $223,000. Sister Chrysotom Moynahan served as the director of the hospital, and founded the state's first nursing school at St VIncent's.
Additional major buildings were added to the St Vincent's campus in 1974, 1981 and 1997.
Gallery
St Vincent's Hospital in 1910
Daughters of Charity posing in front of St Vincent's Hospital, c. 1909
1978 rendering of the 1981 expansion
See also
References
- DeButts, Jimmy (June 20, 2008) "'Transitional year' means $29 million in losses for St. Vincent's." Birmingham Business Journal.
External links
- St Vincent's Birmingham website