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St. Alphonsus Hospital

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1095: 93: 51: 68: 1106: 100: 75: 286:, and it became the seventh hospital controlled by the order. The building's first floor was complete, but the second floor was only partially complete, and the third floor remained unimproved. The first floor contained a six-bed wardroom, an operating room illuminated by sunlight, a smoking room, a drug room, and a dining room with kitchen. The 301:, the hospital was purchased by the State of Idaho in 1971 to be converted to office space, but after several arson fires during renovation in 1976, it became unsafe and was razed to provide space for a new state office building. Completed in the late 1970s, the replacement ten-story building was named for longtime 293:
During 1895, the hospital received 107 patients, and of the total, 78 were cured, 11 improved, and 14 died. Local doctors had treated patients at the building, but in 1896 the hospital acquired a staff of physicians and surgeons. The staff included Major M.W. Wood, Dr. R.M. Fairchild, Dr. C.L. Sweet,
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of the Catholic Diocese had indicated as early as 1891 that a hospital would be constructed under his supervision. St. Alphonsus Hospital opened in December 1894, under direction of five nurses of the
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Dr. W.D. Springer, Dr. George Collister, Dr. D.W. Figgins, Dr. L.C. Bowers, Dr. H. Ziph, and anaesthetist Dr. W.H. Schuyler.
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said of the wardroom, "so neat and cozy, one would almost wish to be ill in order to have the privilege of using it."
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The hospital moved about three miles (5 km) west in 1972 to its present site on Curtis Road, just south of
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Located at Fifth Street between State and Washington streets, the hospital building was added to the
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in 1976, soon after it became slated for demolition. It was delisted shortly thereafter in 1977.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1902 and is located several blocks southeast of the Cenarrusa building.
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A hospital had been discussed in Boise City earlier than the 1890s, and
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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St. Alphonsus' Hospital Nurses' Home and Heating Plant/Laundry
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in 1998; its address is 450 West State Street, facing the
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National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho
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Former National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

St. Alphonsus Hospital is located in Idaho
St. Alphonsus Hospital is located in the United States
Boise, Idaho
43°37′01″N 116°11′46″W / 43.617°N 116.196°W / 43.617; -116.196
76000665
French Renaissance
Boise
Idaho
Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise
St. Teresa's Academy
National Register of Historic Places
Bishop Glorieux
Sisters of the Holy Cross
state capitol building
Secretary of State
Pete Cenarrusa
Idaho Supreme Court
I-184
St. Luke's
Episcopal Diocese of Idaho
St. Alphonsus' Hospital Nurses' Home and Heating Plant/Laundry
Alphonsus Liguori
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Alphonsus Hospital"
National Park Service
accompanying pictures

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