The Pennsylvania Hospital by William Strickland (1755)
Location
800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built
December 17, 1756
Architect
Samuel Rhoads[3]
Architectural style
Colonial and Federal (Pine Building)
NRHP reference No.
66000688[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966
Designated NHL
June 22, 1965
Designated PHMC
December 17, 1954[4]
The emergency room entrance at Pennsylvania Hospital at 9th and Spruce streets
Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the first established public hospital and first surgical ampitheatre in the United States.[1][2][a][5] and its first medical library.[6] It is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
The hospital's main building, dating to 1756, is a National Historic Landmark.[2]
^ abWilliams, William Henry (1976). America's First Hospital: The Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1841. Haverford House. ISBN 9780910702027.
^ abcdStaff. "NPS Focus: 66000688". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
^"Pennsylvania Hospital". Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
^"PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
^"Visitor Information for Pennsylvania Hospital". University of Pennsylvania. Penn Medicine.
^Weise, F (January 2004). "Being there: the library as place". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 92 (1): 6–13. PMC 314099. PMID 14762459.
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