Manhattan General Hospital

Manhattan General Hospital is a defunct hospital that also used the name Manhattan Hospital and relocated more than once, using buildings that serially served more than one hospital, beginning in the 1920s.

Manhattan General Hospital
Geography
LocationManhattan, New York, United States
History
Opened1925
Closed1964 (merger)
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksList of hospitals in Manhattan

History

Alfred A. Richman, who had opened a "private sanitarium at 50 West Seventy-fourth Street" in 1925,[1] subsequently "founded Manhattan General Hospital".[2] The hospital was at one point located at Second Avenue and 18th Street in Manhattan, New York City; that building was once used by the Lying-in Hospital.[3] Later the hospital moved to 161 East 90th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

The first occupant of 161 East 90th Street was Pan American Hospital, which was intended "to serve the Latin-American people through their own Spanish and Portuguese-speaking doctors and nurses."[4] Creation of the hospital was encouraged by William Sharpe, "the first president of the Pan-American Medical Association." [5] In less than two years after opening, Pan American Hospital was in court regarding whether or not they would be able to continue operation.[6] The New York Times editorialized that Pan American Hospital "should be continued"[7] since "through no fault of its own management" the hospital faced financial problems.[8] It closed in 1930.[9]

Afterward, Manhattan General occupied the 9-story building at 161 East 90th Street until 1934, when the building was sold to Beth David Hospital. Beth David also bought an adjacent site to construct an 11-story building.[10] The roots of Beth David Hospital can be traced to the incorporation on November 29, 1886, of the Yorkville Dispensary for Women and Children, located at 246-248 East 82nd Street. In 1912 they moved to 1822-1828 Lexington Avenue and 113th Street.[11] Beth David Hospital celebrated for an entire week in June 1913 after having moved to a newly built facility.[12] In 1934 Beth David purchased[13] the 161 East 90th Street building.[14] Beth David stayed at the location until 1957, when it relocated to 321 East 42nd Street.[15] Beth David was renamed to Grand Central Hospital on July 3, 1959,[16] before closing by mid-1963.[17]: pp. 782–783 

Manhattan General merged with Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 1964[2] and closed; the MGH buildings became co-op apartments.[18]

References
  1. "EVICTION STAY WON BY SANITARIUM HEAD; Supreme Court Grants Grace to Dr. Richman in Contest With Warren Smadbeck. HARM TO PATIENTS FEARED Some Would Be Imperiled by Move, It is Contended--Marshal Seizes Furniture". The New York Times. June 9, 1928.
  2. "Dr. Alfred Richman, 92, Dies; Founded Hospital in the City". The New York Times. December 11, 1984.
  3. Alan S. Oser (March 29, 1985). "Conversion of Hospital to Apartments". The New York Times.
  4. "WORK ON HOSPITAL NEARS COMPLETION; Pan-American Will Be Ready for Opening Oct. 17". The New York Times.
  5. "Eccentric neurosurgical virtuoso: the life and times of William Sharpe".
  6. "NEW HOSPITAL HERE TO FIGHT EVICTION; Action to Oust Pan-American Clinic Set for Hearing in Municipal Court Today. 103 PATIENTS AFFECTED Dispossess Proceeding Started by Estate of Former Patron--Gifts Totaling $100,000 Reported. Action to Be Contested. Coler Praises Clinic's Work". The New York Times. July 26, 1929.
  7. Gardner L. Harding; Frank Moore; Claude L. Benner; Mrs. T. M. Sullivan; M. E. Cummiskey; Albert E. Mills (August 7, 1929). "PAN-AMERICAN HOSPITAL.; Institution Has Done Good Work and Should Be Continued. OUTBREAKS DUE TO HEAT. Prison Uprisings and Wars Usually Occur in Summer. THE WILLEBRANDT ARTICLES Opinions Vary as to Their Value and Advisability of Printing Them. The Law and Justice". The New York Times.
  8. "the Pan-American Hospital". The New York Times. August 8, 1929.
  9. "HOSPITAL BUILDING SOLD IN YORKVILLE; Beth David Buys 9-Story Structure in Ninetieth Street From the Barber Estate". The New York Times. September 27, 1934.
  10. "HOSPITAL PLANS 11-STORY BUILDING; Manhattan General Buys Site Adjoining Present Home in East 90th Street". The New York Times. September 29, 1934.
  11. "5,000 CHEER ENRIGHT AT HOSPITAL EXERCISES; $40,000 Raised in 20 Minutes of Beth David Open-Air Dedication". The New York Times. May 15, 1922.
  12. "Open Beth David Hospital - Ceremonies at New Building to be Continued All Week". New York Times. June 2, 1913. p. 13. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  13. "Beth David Hospital Opens Drive Tonight". JTA.org (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). October 17, 1934.
  14. "HOSPITAL BUILDING SOLD IN YORKVILLE; Beth David Buys 9-Story Structure in Ninetieth Street From the Barber Estate". The New York Times. September 27, 1934.
  15. "DR.HAUSWIRTH HONORED; 1,200 Attend Dinner for Beth David Hospital Veteran". The New York Times. March 4, 1956. $100-a-plate dinner
  16. "Hospital is Renamed - Beth David at 321 E. 42d St. Becomes Grand Central". New York Times. July 4, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  17. Walsh, James J. (1919). History of Medicine in New York - Three Centuries of Medical Progress. New York, N.Y.: National Americana Society.
  18. Jones, Theodore (August 21, 1964). "Beth Israel Buys General Hospital - The Manhattan to be Taken Over Sept. 1 - City Seeking Narcotics Center Pact - No Changes For Staff - Purchase Is Called Step for Establishment of Medical Center on Lower East Side". New York Times. p. 31. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

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