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North Shore Babies Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. | North Shore Babies' Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. The hospital was located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, but moved in 1910 to the Estate of Charles A Ropes, a 13 room house at the end of Dearborn Street (#75) in North Salem. At first open only in summer, beginning in 1926 the hospital was open year round. It closed as a hospital in the early 1960's. | ||
The hospital was a fixture on Ropes Point until the early 1960's, when | It was destroyed by fire in 1972. | ||
The hospital was a fixture on Ropes' Point until the early 1960's, when the children's hospital moved to a new building on Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Salem Hospital. | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[http:// | *Postcard courtesy of '''CardCow.com''' | ||
*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''North Shore Children's Hospital''' | |||
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/3710037 Salem memories : the early years: a pictorial history] Salem News, p. 90 (photo of Ropes House, 75 Dearborn St.) | |||
*[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2060027 19th Annual Report of Associated Charities] 1910 ed., p. 61-64 | |||
*"Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" ''Salem News'', May 11, 2009. | |||
* | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/Record/1910147 Salem in Vintage Postcards] ed. by C. R. Mathias, p. 56 | ||
Latest revision as of 17:09, 16 October 2025
North Shore Babies' Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. The hospital was located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, but moved in 1910 to the Estate of Charles A Ropes, a 13 room house at the end of Dearborn Street (#75) in North Salem. At first open only in summer, beginning in 1926 the hospital was open year round. It closed as a hospital in the early 1960's. It was destroyed by fire in 1972.
The hospital was a fixture on Ropes' Point until the early 1960's, when the children's hospital moved to a new building on Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Salem Hospital.
See Also
- Postcard courtesy of CardCow.com
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - North Shore Children's Hospital
- Salem memories : the early years: a pictorial history Salem News, p. 90 (photo of Ropes House, 75 Dearborn St.)
- 19th Annual Report of Associated Charities 1910 ed., p. 61-64
- "Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" Salem News, May 11, 2009.
- Salem in Vintage Postcards ed. by C. R. Mathias, p. 56
