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HISTORY =The psychiatric center came first. Initially, it was to be call the Ogdensburg State Asylum for the Insane, but the name was changed to the St. Lawrence State Hospital before the first patient was admitted. In the late 1970's, it was re-christened the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center.The asylum was authorized in 1886 by the state Legislature after being persuaded of the need for such an...
The Rothschild Hospital , named after its founder Baron Anselm von Rothschild , was the hospital of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in Vienna, Austria from its opening in 1873 until its closure by the Nazis in 1943. After World War II, it served as a hospital for sick and infirm displaced persons, housing as many as 600 refugees. The American Joint Distribution Committee aka "the Joint" (AJDC)...
Burford Priory, Oxfordshire, England=Burford Priory is a Grade I listed country house and former priory at Burford in West Oxfordshire, England.>===== Image Chris Moore Flickr under Licence ==History=====Origin===The house is on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built by Sir Lawrence Tanfield, incorporating remnants of the Priory Hospital.[2]...
Hillingdon House, London, England= Hillingdon House is a Grade II listed mansion in Hillingdon, Greater London. The original house was built in 1717 as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Schomberg. It was destroyed by fire and the present house was built in its place in 1844.The British Government purchased Hillingdon House in 1915 and it became a military hospital. In 1917, what would become the ...
Savoy Palace, London, England= The Savoy Palace , considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of John of Gaunt until it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. It lay between the Strand and the River Thames – the present Savoy Theatre and Savoy Hotel were named in its memory. In the locality of the palace the administration of law was by a special j...
HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS= The hospital of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by Henry of Blois, and consisted of a church with hospital buildings on the south side. Nothing remains of this building but the south sacristy of the present church.The church of St. Cross consists of a quire, north and south chapels, north and south transepts, central tower, nave, north and south aisles and north porch with ...