First Operation in Hotel Dieu, 1903 El Paso, TX

The image shows the first operation in the hospital "Hotel Dieu" in 1903. 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 of 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

Source: El Paso County Medical Society

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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30 January 2024 by Jaime villalvs

Como se veía sala de espera en los 1980 por q yo compre el Reloj q estaba para entrar al Hospital

22 October 2021 by Eva K Ross

March 2022 theme of Women's History Month will be "Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." The nuns at Hotel Dieu in El Paso, TX ,the Daughters of Charity, built a hospital and nursing school here to provide healing in our borderland.

28 February 2019 by Eva

IN 2019 construction on the site began for a headquarters for the El Paso Independent School District.