DMac Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Have been searching thru Google images & several forums w/in HAIF w/out much success. In the past the good folkes of the Historic Houston Forum have always come through w/some really good photos of old historical Houston prior to tear down or total abandonment. So as time permits would someone be able to provide some photos or perhaps a link to go & view? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) If you haven't tried it yet, you might check out the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center site - it has a lot of good historic photos and postcards of local healthcare facilities. The U.T. Center for American History has some good photos as well, including some older shots of Memorial Hospital. Edited December 29, 2007 by tmariar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Does anyone know what this tall smoke stack located in the Hermann Hospital campus was used for? HH had their own power plant building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Here's another aerial photograph showing that tall structure. Dated in 1953. Is this a chapel then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspersonBuildings Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 I'm 99% sure, yes that was a chapel. I couldn't really tell until you blew up the photo in the last picture.  In 1987 my brother was in a motorcycle accident and was life flighted to Herman. He remained there for about a month in a coma before dying. That building attached to the chapel was the Emergency Room/Trauma Center, etc. at the time. It was touch and go for him the first few weeks in the ER. At one point about 2 in the morning the doctors told us he had only hours to live. As a courtesy to the family (us), they opened up the chapel so we could pray for him. This was October 1987. Seeing this picture brings back a very sad time for me but it's all good, because I still love old vintage photos of Houston. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 9/2/2023 at 9:21 PM, Highrise Tower said: Does anyone know what this tall smoke stack located in the Hermann Hospital campus was used for? Incinerator? Schools had them too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Found it! Talk about awesome, how they saved that piece to reuse on their main campus. Edit: Maybe not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Awesome view of the Hermann Hospital complex in 1953! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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