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North Shore Babies Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. After being located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, the hospital 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 was destroyed by fire in 1972.
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.
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==
*Postcard courtesy of '''CardCow.com'''
*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''North Shore Children's Hospital'''
*Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''North Shore Children's Hospital'''


*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=annual+report+of+associated+&SUBKEY=annual%20report%20of%20associated%20/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C 19th Annual Report of Associated Charities] 1910 ed., p. 61-64
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/3710037?locg=63 Salem memories : the early years: a pictorial history] Salem News, p. 90 (photo of Ropes House, 75 Dearborn St.)
 
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2060027?locg=63 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.
*"Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" ''Salem News'', May 11, 2009.


*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/record=b1910147~S24 Salem in Vintage Postcards] ed. by  C. R. Mathias, p. 56
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1910147?locg=63 Salem in Vintage Postcards] ed. by  C. R. Mathias, p. 56

Latest revision as of 12:32, 12 August 2020

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.

Northshorebabieshospital.jpg


See Also

  • Postcard courtesy of CardCow.com
  • Vertical File in Salem Collection - North Shore Children's Hospital
  • "Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" Salem News, May 11, 2009.