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I watched demolition of the previous The Center for Hearing a Speech building located at At 3630 West Dallas Street. Wish I knew then, what I know now. I would have taken better demotion photographs, capturing the business name, address, etc. Photos I took in 2021: Address upper right, 3630, and building letter signage with "center" on the left in the pile of ruble.

In 1957, the Houston-Harris County T.B. Association constructed a building located at 2901 West Dallas Street. The architect who designed the building was Henry A. Stubee. Tuberculosis must have been a major illness back in the day. It still is, but now we have modern medicine to (better) treat it. Rendering (drawing) from Henry A. Stubee: Photograph of the building. Building signage.

This aerial photograph (depiction?) is kind of rare! Maybe it's the name that keeps it under the surface? DePelchin Faith Home partnered with Anna Dupree to buy and build a large campus in Fifth Ward to establish the Anna Dupree Cottage of The Negro Child Center of Houston. This would have been in the 1940s. 1947 I think? Building dedication with Anna Dupree and her husband beside her. Edit: Ben Taub on the right! The cottage style campus as seen in the 1940s:

The Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences was founded as a Baylor College of Medicine project in 1955 and funded by the state legislature in 1957 as the Houston State Psychiatric Institute for Research and Training. It was under the administrative management of the Board for Texas Hospitals and Special Schools, with the requirement that it act as the research and training branch of the state mental health and intellectual disability service system. The TRIMS was located in the Carriage House at The Baker Estate.

The little bungalow at 806 Bagby Street first opened in 1913 as the Free Clinic for the Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League.

In the 1950s, there was a mental health/psychiatric sanitarium in the East End called Benner Sanitarium located at 3510 Sherman Street. Houston's Finest & Best Equipped Nursing Home Benner Sanitarium, Inc. 3510 Sherman at Hutcheson, Houston, Texas Phones Fa. 3-1601 / Ca. 7-6080 A Nursing Home giving Hospital care to patients needing lengthy convalescent, Geriatric, or Psychiatric care. Private – Semi Private – Ward Rooms. Leona Benner Langston-White – Supervisor.

During the 1950s, mental health treatment and science really started gaining traction in Houston. One of the initial companies researching was The Mental Health Association of Houston and Harris County. Located in a 2-story house in Montrose at 916 Branard Street. This hospital isn't not very well known so I'm glad I am sharing with HAIF. Very cool history here. Edit: This was lead by Mrs. Viola Perkins, Executive Director.

From 1923. I wonder where the old, or previous, hospital was located? Edit: Looks like the hospital in 1919 was located at 1114 Howard Street. New Union Hospital 1618 Andrews Street Houston, Texas

Finally found the original TIRR building! The TIRR hospital system was founded in 1957 by Lamar Fleming, Jr., William Spencer, and Leon Jaworski. The hospital assumed the functions of the Southwestern Poliomyelitis Respiratory Center at the Jefferson Davis Hospital. William A. Spencer, MD was the Medical Director of the SPRC. The original address was 1801 Buffalo Drive, but since has changed to 1801 Allen Parkway. Here's a photo of the JDH annex building built some 30-years after the original hospital was built. Outside the hospital, patients in an Iron Lung type of device. The interior of the hospital showing all the mechanical medical devices used.

I never knew the Jefferson Davis Hospital also had a nurses building! This is totally cool. It seems that most of the hospital systems in Houston had a nurses building.. As well as a College of Nursing. The nurses building was built in 1924 and was located at 1801 Buffalo Drive, now 1801 Allen Parkway. Alfred C. Finn and Joseph Finger designed the main hospital. I would assume they designed this building as well. Both of the buildings feature the same square on the front facade.

This week I discovered, what looks to be a Maurice Sullivan sketch of a proposed Houston Tuberculosis Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. This was in the year 1948 or 1949. Isn't that the Baylor College of Medicine Cullen building? I also see a small building in front of the larger building. Would the smaller building the proposed TB hospital? Or maybe that isn't the BCM Cullen Building. Very cool find.

The 3rd building of the Houston Baptist Sanitarium extended the bed capacity to 150 beds and was built in 1914. This is the last expansion before the "skyscrapers" were built. The 7/8 story tower on the right: The tower in the background:

This week I learned about the ever-evolving Baptist Sanitarium in downtown Houston. It appears (as I'm newly educated about this) as the hospital system owned a whole city block on Lamar Street and built 5 or 6 buildings on the block. Oddly enough, it appears the only address for all the buildings was 602 Lamar Street. I wonder if they platted the entire block as a singular address? If that's legal of course. The 2nd building (Expansion No. 1) of the hospital system was designed by Rezin D. Steele in 1911 with a total amount (campus) beds at 50 beds. The original sanitarium that Dennis Pevoto bought from Ida Rudisill had a 15-person bed capacity, so the expansion to 50 beds was quite significant. Kind of off topic, but this building always looks like it's leaning. I wonder by foundation or design.

Designed by Alfred C. Finn in 1945, the Naval Hospital was located on a 118-acre site donated by the George H. Hermann Estate. In 1946, the hospital transferred into the United States Veterans Administration Hospital. Edit: This would have been at Marlborough Drive and Almeda Road. Marlborough Drive was renamed to Holcombe Boulevard a decade later. The Naval hospital sits exactly where the current Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is located. The address to the current VA hospital is 2002 Holcombe Blvd if you want to use it as a reference, or mapping point. I researched, for weeks, the address on Marlborough Drive. I could never find it. Should we just use the current VA hospital address? 2002 Marlborough Drive? If I recall correctly, there was a Baylor College of Medicine team working at the Naval hospital as well. Maybe even MD Anderson and Hermann Hospital as well? Found a rare photo of the Naval Hospital building signage. You don't see this everyday.

I noticed an article from 100 years ago that said the Methodist Hospital was moving to a (new) home, which was the former Dr. Oscar L. Norsworthy Hospital in Midtown. That would mean there was a previous building. Maybe, and more of a church funded operation, the Methodist Hospital started out in this single story residential home? Anyone know anything about this?

Architect - https://marmonmok.com https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/university-health-builds-2-new-hospitals-on-northeast-and-southside-infrastructure-selma-texasam

This week I discovered a cool old sanitarium/hospital. The Houston Neal Institute was located at 912 Pease Street back in the 1910s. A little more research and I found that The Neal Institute was founded in 1892, in Des Moines, Iowa, and franchised in 63 cities.

Found a sanitarium, or hospital, from 1894! The Keeley Institute. Corner Preston Avenue and Fannin Street. It would be practically impossible, with the limited space at our disposal, for us to accord anything like real justice to the wonderful results of the treatment for inebriety, identified with the name of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley, of Dwight, Ill. The frame of this system is now spread over every part the of North American continent, and has penetrated into Europe and other divisions of the old world. Our object however is alluding to the subject in this volume is simply to inform our readers that a branch institute exists in this city, and has its doors wide open to all who desire to become free of the chains and shackles of intemperance. Until comparatively recent years it has been the custom to regard undue indulgence in liquors and other stimulants and--

I found the "original" Hermann Hospital! It was indeed planned to be on Fannin Street in the Texas Medical Center, but something changed and G.H. Hermann bought some land on Bagby & Rusk in Downtown and a proposal by Alfred C. Finn was drawn. From the newspaper The Houston Post dated July 22, 1917. Work to Begin Ninety Days on Hermann Hospital The dreams of Houston's benefactor, the late George Hermann, are about to be realized. Within a short period of time the Hermann Charity Hospital is to be built. After about seven months of consideration, the plans have been finally completed and further delay in building the structure will be unnecessary. It was the fulfillment of this dream, above all other hopes and aspirations, in which the late philanthropist was wrapped up and upon which he had set his heart. Years before his death, which occurred almost three years ago, the though uppermost in his mind was to provide an institution for the indigent sick. And finally, the piot has been designated, the plans have been approved an according to the architect, Afred C. Finn, bids will soon be advertisement for construction. The delay in the building of the hospital has been caused by the other of the executors and trustees to convert a large portion of the Hermann estate. Which was unproductive into income-bearing property. This has occasioned considerable time and effort but has resulted in creating an endowment sufficiently large to proceed with the project. Some of the property which has been disposed of to secure additional funds is the land in the oil fields at Humble. Hospital Grounds South of Hermann Park. The plot constituting the hospital grounds is just south of Hermann Park, it has a frontage of 72 feet on Main street and runs back o the park for a distance of 1278 feet, containing a total of 20-1/2 acres. It was this plot which Mr. Hermann set aside in his will “for the purpose of a hospital to be erected thereon to be known as the Hermann hospital.” The plans call for an institution comprising several structures or units, all of which will erected from a central structure or administration building. It is this building which will be built first. According to the present plans, work on the administration building will be started in 90 days. This building will be erected at a point 360 feet back from Main street. Midway between Main street and the building will be the Hermann monument. Administration Building Three Stories and Basement The administration building will be of three stories and a basement. The basement will, in realty, be a first floor. This building will accommodate 82 ward patients. It will have 18 private rooms and two children's wards that will care for be free. However, persons who are able to pay for treatment will inevitable wish take advantage of the accommodations of the hospital and will want to pay for them. The 18 private rooms are for the persons and for such cases as will demand isolation for reasons other than possible contagion. The building will be 160 feet long. In the part of the plat near Hermann park, well separated from the other buildings will be the contagious group. The six other units will be connected to the administration building by covered corridors. These will be erected as the patronage of the hospital requires them. Other buildings will be such as the superintendent's home, buildings for the nurses, the power house, the laundry building and the others indicated by numbers in the accompany picture. The trustees, T.J. Ewing, J.J. Settegast, Jr., and John S. Stewart, with the architect, Alfred C. Finn, all of Houston are being congratulated upon the result of the months of study. Operating Rooms On The Top Floor. On the top floor of the building a twin set of rooms for the care of patients who are to be operated upon; Two operating rooms will make it possible for two operations to be performed at the same time. A feature of this floor and all other-- Birdseye view of the proposed George H. Hermann Charity hospital buildings and grounds. The shows the grounds will look after all of the buildings of the hospital group are completed. The first unit or administration building is shown in the center of the picture. Work on it will start in ninety days. First unit or administration bundling of the George H. Hermann Charity Hospital group. From this building the other units of the group will be constructed as they are needed. Because of the difficult details in construction of hospital buildings it may require from eight to twelve months to complete the work on this first building of the group.

In 1968, Hines developed the original Medical Clinic of Houston building. Cool find! Never knew about this.

Some real history here! The St. Joseph's County Hospital burned down in 1894. This is the story. From the book The Episcopacy of Nicholas Gallagher, Bishop of Galveston, 1882–1918. Catholic Building for had been used by the Franciscan priests when they staffed St. Vincent's Parish, by Ursuline Sisters fro New Orleans when they staffed St. Vincent's School (1867-1869), and by these Sisters when they likewise staffed the same school (1869-1873.) The Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament from Victoria had temporarily lived there before moving to Incarnate Word Academy on Crawford Street (April-November, 1873.) St. Joseph's Infirmary was opened to the public on June 1, 1887. Two years later the medical officer for the indigent sick was impressed with the methods of caring for the sick. After the county judge toured the hospital, Mother St. Louis was requested to receive the indigent sick of Harris County. There was quite a bit of dissatisfaction with the old Houston Infirmary on Washington Avenue. Mother St. Luis agreed. The sisters soon expanded their facilities. A new three-story building, St. Joseph's County Hospital, was erected across the street. The sisters were paid 50 cents a day for indigent patients. Private patients paid two dollars a day. The diagnosis of patients with smallpox led to the construction of a smallpox hospital in an abandoned cemetery. There were three hundred victims of smallpox. Approximately sixty died. All of the Sisters volunteered to help at the “pest house.” Four from the growing staff of Sisters were chosen. Unfortunately, Mrs. Flanagan's Boarding House next to the hospital caught fire (October 16, 1894.) Before long, the entire block was in flames. This was no match for the one fire engine the city owned. Two Sisters lost their lives, and a third was seriously wounded, though she survived. This was devastation to the Sisters. In addition to the-- Photo of the hospital that burned down:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/houston-ummc-covid-hospital-safety-18297601.php "Today, UMMC officials seek to hand off the business to new owners as they battle a flurry of lawsuits related to the hospital’s finances, according to a lawyer representing them in two of the suits. Since the hospital lost its contract, 10 different entities, including a local school district and companies that provided the hospital with medical equipment, have said that UMMC owes them a combined $2.3 million."

I'm confused. There was more than one hospital in Montrose? I only knew of the Hedgecroft Hospital & Clinic located at 5010 Montrose Blvd. What's the deal with this place? Does anyone have any family medical history from this hospital? From The 1947 American Hospital Association's American Hospital Directory: Montrose Hospital Clinic - 4410 Montrose Blvd. Established - 1946 Annie Mae Wait R.N., Supt. Zone 6 Tel Li-3911 A decade later it seemed to change ownership/management. From the publication called Hospitals dated 1954-06: Vol 28 Iss 6. Montrose Est. 1945 – 4410 Montrose Blvd- Zone 6, & Tel Li-3911 A.M. Grath R.N., Supt. 15 Beds, 35 Adms, 375 Cen 15 Exp: Pay $37, 116 Assetts: Plant, $27,494 Total $28,142 Pers: Pd.20

I thought the Houston Negro Hospital was located at 3204 Ennis Street? Was this a new, or older, location? Very cool find! From a newspaper dated July 23, 1943: Harris County War Chest To prepare Negro nurses for local and war duty, a school of nursing opened this week at the Houston Negro Hospital, 2900 Elgin. The Harris County War Chest of the Houston Community Chest and Council recently gave the hospital a supplementary allotment of 6,122 for the operation for the school during the remainder of 1943. The Chest allotment to the hospital for the current year was $10,000. The school will be affiliated with Jefferson Davis Hospital and with the Houston College and with the Houston College for Negroes, and will follow the accelerated wartime plan outlined by the government. Josephine N. Post, educational director of Methodist Hospital, acted as consulted for the Houston Negro Hospital board of directors in working out plans for the establishment of the school, John R. Young, board president, said. Opening of the school will do much to relieve the acute need for nurses--

Found this in the publication Diseases of the Nervous System Volume 1 dated 1940. A little weird. I thought the Keightley Hospital was in Almeda On Anderson Road? I'm thinking it this was a second, more smaller location? I know Vivian Keightley started the company in Almeda, TX. Also, wasn't 1319 Richmond the original location of the Kinkaid School? I see the advertisement mentions new building under construction. I wonder if this was when Kinkaid moved out and sold their land? Okay, looking on HAIF I see the Kinkaid school was built in the 1920s, and was removed from directories in the 1940s. Keightley Hospital 1319 Richmond, Houston, Texas Jackson 21539 (New bldg. under construction) Member, Texas State Hospital Assn. Registered with A.M.A. Facilities for care of Neuropsychiatric Disorders