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Hotel Dieu

The postcard shows Hotel Dieu, a hospital built in 1893. In 1892 Sister Stella had bought the site and with $60,000 borrowed from the Motherhouse, three Daughters of Charity started building Hotel Dieu in 1893. It was the first general hospital in El Paso. There was no electricity and lighting was done by gas. Heat was provided by wood fires. In need for more trained personnel, the sisters also started a nursing school connected with the Hotel Dieu in 1898. In 1987, the hospital was sold to Millbrook, and the name was changed to Landmark Medical Center. One year later, the hospital was sold again. Columbia purchased the medical center and closed it later that same year. The building was demolished in 2003.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Collection: Stansel Postcard Collection

Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library - Special Collections Department

Reference ID: PH049-1-1-026

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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28 January 2023 by Eva K Ross

Details of this Catholic hospital in El Paso, TX can be found in book edited by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, Grace and Gumption, The Women of El Paso, published by TCU Press p. 182

18 April 2022 by Eva K Ross

Postcard of historic health facility in El Paso, TX. The headquarters of the El Paso Independent School District is on the property as of 2022.

24 December 2016 by Richard Ayoub

My brother Mark A. Ayoub was born here.