Providence Hospital (Wallace, Idaho)

Providence Hospital
Providence Hospital
	Providence Hospital in 1909
Geography
Location	Wallace, Idaho, United States
Coordinates	Coordinates: 47°28′24″N 115°54′52″W / 47.473258972168°N 115.91438293457°W
History
Opened	1891
Closed	1968
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Idaho

Providence Hospital was a hospital in Wallace, Idaho, United States, opened in 1891.^[1] It was established by the Sisters of Providence, a Roman Catholic order of nuns from Montreal, and part of the Providence Hospital System. It closed in 1968 due to aging facilities.^[2]

The hospital survived a 1910 fire that severely damaged the city of Wallace.^[3] A statue of Jesus of the Sacred Heart, which sat in the first-story window of the hospital, has been missing for several decades as of 2011.^[3]

References[]

^ "Institutions". Providence.org. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019.
^ "Providence Hospital (Wallace, Idaho)". Providence Archives. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Kramer, Becky (December 31, 2011). "Quest for history". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.

External links[]

Hospital photos at the Providence Archive

[provorg-1] "Institutions". Providence.org. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019.

[prov-2] "Providence Hospital (Wallace, Idaho)". Providence Archives. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

[kramer-3] Kramer, Becky (December 31, 2011). "Quest for history". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.

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