The St. Peter Community Hospital opened in 1939 at 102 South Washington Avenue. A new hospital, attached to the west side this building, began serving patients in 1959. The east entrance and the south side of the 1939 building are shown in this image.
Note reads: "Taken in 1896. Residence and offices of Dr. John Wesley Andrews, 510 South Second St., Mankato, Minn. Office entrance: 125 E. Cherry St. Dr. Roy Andrews, son of J. W. and Cornelia Andrews daughter of Roy were born here (in this building)." Now Kahler Motel (1979).
Exterior view of the Home Sanitarium in St. Peter faced South Fourth Street. The north side, hidden by trees in this image, faced Mulberry Street. A portion of the spire of Trinity Lutheran Church can be seen in the background at the far right. By 1914, the sanitarium building was listed in the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company map as the Harlow Hospital.
First steam sterilizer in More hospital in Eveleth; replaced in 1937 with an electric model; framed diagram of this equipment is hanging on the wall of the room
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Miller Memorial Hospital 502-510 East Second street; Miller Memorial opened April 1934 and on May 15, 1934 received its first patients; renamed Miller Dwan Hospital; shrubs, flowers, lawn and trees; summer
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Officers and trustees for the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane. William Schimmel is seated at left and Rev. Aaron H. Kerr is seated at right. Addison L. Sackett is the seventh man from the left in the back row. Schimmel and Sackett were prominent businessmen in St. Peter.
Portrait of a woman in a hat and a long dress standing on a pedestrian bridge that crosses the railroad tracks on the grounds of the St. Peter State Hospital.
W. W. Mayo with his sons, Charles and William. Mayo was a doctor and chemist who established the private medical practice that would become the Mayo Clinic. His sons were both doctors who founded and worked for the Mayo Clinic. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital, apparently after a disastrous fire that destroyed the north wing of the hospital in November of 1880.
This postcard shows a view of the east side of the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing of the building fills most of the image.
This early photograph of the St. Peter State Hospital was taken at a time when the hospital complex appeared to be housed in a single large building. A fire in November of 1880 destroyed the north wing of the complex, shown here to the right of the large stairway at the main entrance.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing was destroyed by a terrible fire in November of 1880. The wing was rebuilt after the fire.