Ford Hospital

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caption = Main entrance on 25th St
location= Omaha, Nebraska
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 15
lat_seconds = 32.37
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 95
long_minutes = 56
long_seconds = 51.98
long_direction = W
locmapin = Nebraska
area =
built =1916
architect= Allan,James T.; Berak & Wind
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
added = March 20, 1986
governing_body = Private
refnum=86000444cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Ford Hospital, also called the Fifth Avenue Hotel [ [http://cityofomaha.org/landmarks/certified%20rehabs/non%20local%20landmarks/ford%20hosp/Default.htm Ford Hospital/Fifth Avenue Hospital] City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 12/27/07.] , is located at 121 South 25th Street in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1916, the hospital was a privately-operated facility built and operated by Dr. Michael J. Ford. Operating until 1922, it was the last small, private hospital in the city. Originally designed by James T. Allan, the building was sold and remodeled as the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1929, and again converted in 1987, and currently serves as apartments. [ [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/tax/douglas2.htm "More Tax Incentive Projects in Douglas County",] Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 12/27/07.]

Notable cases

The hospital was instrumental in Omaha's treatment of the "Great Influenza Epidemic" of 1919. [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyhistorypages/Postcards_Location_4.htm "Ford Hospital"] . Retrieved 12/28/07.] That same year Mayor Edward Parsons Smith was brought to the hospital on September 28, 1919. He was nearly lynched by a mob during the Omaha Race Riot that day. [ [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/douglas.htm Nebraska National Register Places in Douglas County.] Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 12/27/07.]

ee also

* List of hospitals in Omaha, Nebraska

References

External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyhistorypages/Postcards_Location_4_files/image005.jpgHistoric postcard] of the hospital.