Old St. Luke's Hospital Explained

Old St. Luke's Hospital
Coordinates:	30.3258°N -81.6469°W
Added:	July 24, 1972
Refnum:	72000310

The Old St. Luke's Hospital is a historic U.S. hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 314 North Palmetto Street. The hospital was originally built in 1878^[1] at a cost of about $6,000.^[2] On July 24, 1972, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The building currently houses the archives of the Jacksonville Historical Society.

Notable people

• Martha Reed Mitchell (1818-1902), philanthropist^[3]

See also

• St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside, formerly known as St. Luke's Hospital

External links

• Duval County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Duval County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Jacksonville Historical Society's website at jaxhistory.com

Notes and References

1. Polk's Medical Register and Directory of North America, p. 392. "Florida Hospitals, Homes, Etc.". Polk, 1912. Google Book Search. Retrieved on July 5, 2014.
2. [Jacksonville Historical Society]
3. Book: Willard. Frances Elizabeth. Frances Willard. Livermore. Mary Ashton Rice. Mary Livermore. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Public domain. 1893 . 510. . MITCHELL, Mrs. Martha Reed.