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Rochelle Community Hospital company history timeline

1913

In 1913, A.W. Chandler, M.D., established community healthcare with the opening of Lincoln Hospital, located in an apartment building on 13th Street.

1924

The hospital served the area until 1924 when Doctor Louis Petritz purchased it and became the owner/director.

1930

He served as director of Lincoln Hospital’s operation for several years but had to close its door due to bankruptcy at the beginning of the Great Depression in 1930.

1942

The City of Rochelle, under the mayor’s leadership, reopened Lincoln Hospital later in 1942 as Rochelle City Hospital.

Talcott found it increasingly difficult to maintain operation of the hospital and had to once again close its doors and convert it back to apartments in 1942.

1945

Construction on the new hospital began in early 1945.

1946

• After the opening of the “new hospital” in 1946, area residents increased their usage of hospital services, thereby increasing demands placed upon the City Clerk.

1963

Due to the population growth in Rochelle and the changes in healthcare needs and technology, the Rochelle City Hospital needed yet another expansion in 1963.

1964

In 1964, the tax district proposal was overwhelmingly defeated.

After much review, the decision was made to establish a private, not-for-profit hospital corporation in Rochelle in 1964.

1965

The Rochelle Community Hospital Association was thus formed and became a legal entity on February 26, 1965.

On May 1, 1965, the City of Rochelle officially sold the Rochelle City Hospital to the Rochelle Community Hospital Association for $1.

1970

Despite a number of delays, the new facility was completed on September 15, 1970 and the first patients were admitted to the addition on November 10, 1970… 5-1/2 years after the Rochelle Community Hospital was born!

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