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Title
Mercy
Hospital
Date
1928
Creator
Frederick
Foto
Service
Description
This
photograph
of the
façade
of the
$1,000,000
Mercy
Hospital
at
4001
J
Street
.
It
was
taken
in
1928
and
shows
J
Street
looking
north
.
Opened
on
February
11
,
1925
, the
new
four-story
,
155-bed
Mercy
Hospital
was
built
in the
shape
of an
X
to
ensure
–
or
so
thought
the
designers
–
that
patients
would be
afforded
ample
sunshine
.
Each
of the
four
wings
amounted
to
101
feet
in
length
and
41
feet
in
length
.
Grounds
covered
seven
acres
that were
once
part
of the
Inderkum
family
homestead
.
Prior
to this, the
facility
was
located
at
Twenty-Third
and
R
Streets
,
where
,
built
in
1897
,
it
was
known
as the
Mater
Misericordiae
or
“Mother
of
Mercy”
Hospital
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w; negative
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
4001
J
Street
City/County
Sacramento
Subjects
Hospitals
Hospitals, Private
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
568
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