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- Architectural drawing
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1915 (Creation)
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- Port Hope & District Hospital
- Place
- Port Hope, Municipality of
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4 blueprints ; floor plans ; rolled
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Administrative history
The Port Hope Hospital was first established in the two story brick house formerly belonging to the McLean family, at the corner of Hope and Ward Streets. In 1915, plans were underway to build the new hospital, with the cornerstone being laid on October 8, 1915. The official opening of the new hospital was held on June 29, 1916. The building cost $31,500 to build, only $2000 had to be borrowed. The nurses training school was established soon after its opening. In 1929, the west wing of the hospital was completed, providing 25 additional beds, X-ray and laundry room. A new hospital opened in the 1960s, and merged with the Cobourg hospital to create the new Northumberland Hills (located in Cobourg) in 1999-2000.
Custodial history
Donated to the Port Hope Archives by L. Stephenson-Brittain, 2015. Donor received the blueprints from a friend of her husband. The blueprints were saved from destruction when the Port Hope Hospital moved from Ward Street to Wellington Street, where they were stored in a utilities closet, and then again after the closure of the Port Hope & District Hospital in 1999. They were then stored in the home of a former maintenance staff worker until 2015.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of four (4) blueprints/floor plans of the Port Hope Hospital that was located on Ward Street, c1915. The blueprints were created for the construction of the "old" hospital by Ellis & Ellis Architects, Toronto. They include: First Floor, Second Floor, East Elevation, and South Elevation.