St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital

St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital[1] began with an 1879 land purchase and ended after the hospital was sold in 1951 and subsequently demolished.

History
New Dorp Beach (2012), where 14 acres were purchased in 1879 for building the hospital

The Staten Island land acquired along the shore of New Dorp Beach was used for what became St. John's Guild Seaside Hospital. Although the hospital was not dedicated until June of 1899,[1] the prior year, in September, they reported handling 255 newborns.[2]

References
  1. "THE SEASIDE HOSPITAL.; New Building Erected by St. John's Guild at New Dorp, Staten Island, Dedicated". New York Times. June 17, 1899.
  2. "For the St. John's Guild". New York Times. September 9, 1888.
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