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Mercy Hospital [1]

Mercy Hospital [2] was founded by the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, North Carolina in February 1906. Originally it was a twenty-five bed facility in a wooden building on East First Street behind St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The second facility, pictured here, opened in 1916 on East Fifth Street. Additions increasedthe amount of space and by 1960, the hospital had a capacity of 300 bedsĀ 

Copyright Details: 
Dixie Press, Inc.
Object Height: 
3 1/2
Object Year: 
1960
Layout Type: 
Landscape
Photographer: 
Genuine Curteich, C.T. Art-Colotone
Prints Available: 
Yes
Object Width: 
5 1/2
Exhibit & Section: 
Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection [3]
Charlotte Postcard Collection [4]
Tags: 
Hospitals North Carolina Charlotte Mercy [5]
This node displays related exhibits: 
No
Image Collection Category: 
Charlotte Postcard Collection [6]

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[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/robinson-spangler-north-carolina-room-image-collection-charlotte-postcard-collection-503 [2] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/CP_2015_04_554_00.png [3] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/robinson-spangler-north-carolina-room-image-collection [4] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/charlotte-postcard-collection [5] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/hospitals-north-carolina-charlotte-mercy [6] https://www.cmstory.org/image-collection-category/charlotte-postcard-collection