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Southeast as soon as there was a vacant bed. Plans for another addition began to take shape, this time a 54-bed addition on two floors constructed with $ 461,395 in
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After the purchase of the farm, the committee sectioned off some of the land into lots for a new subdivision called Sunset Terrace. The money from sale of the lots was applied to the unpaid balance of land and the rest was placed in a fund to be used for the hospital. The lots went on sale in
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In 2000, the hospital began construction on the addition of two new medical/surgical floors atop the Harrison Annex. The project was completed in 2005 and increased the number of private patient rooms from 39 to 107. In 2003, the hospital broke ground on a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m),
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to provide a firm financial foundation for the hospital. Led by the Hospital Campaign Committee, they turned to the public for help. Within eight weeks the hospital received about $ 90,000 from 386 contributors. Construction on the original 90-bed hospital began on April 12, 1927.
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