I lived in this building in the mid-70's when, for lack of a better term, it was a strange apartment building, i.e. wide hallways and big, wide doors (as you'd expect from a hospital). Tile floors were replaced by creepy, crappy carpet; fluorescent lights were dim and weird as well. The former owners always had a 'dream' of making this a grand location in which to live, but that never happened. By the picture, I see that subsequent owners have removed the wrap-around porch that was on the center and left side of the building. I wonder if the heating system is still a gas-fired boiler. This is a piece of Butler history that has barely hung on through the decades; no one's really cared beyond rent collected and (some) profit earned, I guess.
This was not a hospital during my years in Butler. I never gave it much thought but it must have been kind of eerie to look out your hospital room window onto a graveyard.
This was the original hospital in town and it was built in 1898. Andrew Carnegie donated $5,000 to help with its construction. It is here in 1901 that Mrs. Kathrine Soffel was taken after shooting herself in the chest during the Biddle Boys shootout with police in Mt. Chesnut.
It was replace in 1922 by the Butler Memorial Hospital dedicated to those men who died during World War II.
Lived there in the 90s . it was creepy and cool. Big doors behind the building they told us were for the horse drawn carriage ambulance. Would love to see old pics but it seems not exsisted
I lived in this building in the mid-70's when, for lack of a better term, it was a strange apartment building, i.e. wide hallways and big, wide doors (as you'd expect from a hospital). Tile floors were replaced by creepy, crappy carpet; fluorescent lights were dim and weird as well. The former owners always had a 'dream' of making this a grand location in which to live, but that never happened. By the picture, I see that subsequent owners have removed the wrap-around porch that was on the center and left side of the building. I wonder if the heating system is still a gas-fired boiler. This is a piece of Butler history that has barely hung on through the decades; no one's really cared beyond rent collected and (some) profit earned, I guess.
ReplyDeleteThis was not a hospital during my years in Butler. I never gave it much thought but it must have been kind of eerie to look out your hospital room window onto a graveyard.
ReplyDeleteThat building was once the Butler Hospital.
ReplyDeleteThis was the original hospital in town and it was built in 1898. Andrew Carnegie donated $5,000 to help with its construction. It is here in 1901 that Mrs. Kathrine Soffel was taken after shooting herself in the chest during the Biddle Boys shootout with police in Mt. Chesnut.
ReplyDeleteIt was replace in 1922 by the Butler Memorial Hospital dedicated to those men who died during World War II.
Clearly you meant WW I, but thanks much for the back story on this iconic building. Makes me want to research Biddle boys and Mrs. Soffel.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad told me he had his tonsils removed here.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it looked creepy.
i have a picture of the old hosptial in it's golry days i can send to someone that can post it here
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was young and riding in the car with my dad he would always tell the story of his grandfather having his leg removed in that hospital.
ReplyDeleteIs the building used as an apartment building now? Can anyone just walk in and look around?
ReplyDeleteIs the building used as an apartment building now? Can anyone just walk in and look around?
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell me when the new hospital up on the hill was built?!?!
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell me when the new hospital up on the hill was built?!?!
ReplyDeleteWe lived there in the 90's , super creepy
ReplyDeleteLived there in the 90s . it was creepy and cool. Big doors behind the building they told us were for the horse drawn carriage ambulance. Would love to see old pics but it seems not exsisted
ReplyDeleteThey turned it into an apartment building
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