Saint Vincent Hospital history

The hospital was incorporated in accordance with State of Connecticut laws on May 19, 1903.

St Vincent's Hospital opened its doors on June 28, 1905.

With the backing of their national headquarters in Emmitsburg, Maryland, the sisters spent $60,000 in 1908 on several acres of land north of the city, over looking the banks of the Fall Creek.

[i] "St Vincents' New Hospital is Open," Indianapolis Sun, February 3, 1913; "Mr.

[v] "St Vincent's Guild to Honor Founder," Indianapolis Star, January 24, 1937.

[iv] "Hospital Opens New Unit," Indianapolis Star, February 5, 1939.

Move to Current Site In 1941, the sisters opened a second Portland facility on the east side of the Willamette River, the 448-bed Providence Hospital, known today as Providence Portland Medical Center.

On May 19, 1965, administrator Sister Mary Laureen [Rita] Ferschweiler announced that the hospital would move to the Beaverton area on the west edge of Portland.

Construction began shortly thereafter, and on January 31, 1971, the third and current St Vincent Hospital opened its doors.

In 1972 the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth sold St Vincent’s Hospital in Leadville to a new community hospital district and the Sisters turned the hospital over to a citizens’ board; the name became St Vincent Hospital.

On Easter Sunday, April 17, 1976, William J. Riordan, president and chief executive officer, directed the transfer of 209 patients from the old St Vincent's Hospital to the new St Vincent's Medical Center, a 440,000 square foot building almost twice the size of the old one.

The property is now owned by Sacred Heart University. It opened in Sherwood in October 1999.

In just over four hours, with the assistance of military and private ambulances, eighty patients were moved from the Westover Road site and settled into their new rooms.(34) Now known as Providence St Vincent Medical Center, the hospital celebrated its 125th anniversary in July 2000.

In 2003 a $40 million, 70,000 square-foot expansion provided space for ambulatory services, large state-of-the-art operating suites, and a 30-bed intensive care unit.

The cluttered third floor chapel in 2008, four years after Weyerbacher was shuttered.

In 2010, the Medical Center broke ground on the Elizabeth M. Pfriem SWIM Center for Cancer Care, the renovated and expanded Michael J. Daly Emergency Department.