Booth Memorial Hospital

Booth Memorial Hospital is the name of any of the hospitals affiliated with The Salvation Army (TSA); the latter was "founded by William Booth in 1878." The first of these "opened Booth Memorial in Manhattan in 1914 and its center in Flushing in 1957."[1][2] Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital is a longer name used for some of them.[3]

New York City's Booth Memorial Hospital
A Jamaica-bound Q20B bus passing by the hospital on Main Street

The Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, Queens, New York City was "the largest voluntary hospital in Queens."[1] The hospital began in 1892 as a non-profit hospital in Manhattan.[4] The hospital moved to two other Manhattan locations in subsequent years.[5] The campus in Queens was dedicated and opened on February 5, 1957.[6][7] Around this time, North Hempstead Turnpike was renamed Booth Memorial Avenue.[8] In 1992, the hospital was purchased from the Salvation Army by New York Hospital in Manhattan,[9] becoming New York Hospital Queens in May 1993.[10][11]

St. Louis's Booth Memorial Hospital

Booth Memorial Hospital is also the name given to a hospital located in St. Louis founded by The Salvation Army.[12] Booth was built in 1855 and "stood at least until the 1950s" when it was torn down.[13] It was sometimes referred to as Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital.

Other USA locations

References
  1. Joseph P. Fried (October 1, 1992). "Hospitals In 2 Boroughs Join Efforts". The New York Times.
  2. Joseph P. Fried (December 16, 1990). "Hospital in Flushing Will Affiliate With N.Y.U." The New York Times.
  3. Adam Fletcher Sasse. "A History of the Salvation Army Hospital in North Omaha". NorthOmahaHistory.com.
  4. "About NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens..." NYP/Queens Medical Staff Society. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. "On the Move from the Beginning". NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP).
  6. "Salvation Army to Open Hospital: $4,800,000 Queens Building to Be Dedicated Tuesday-Will Care for 200" (PDF). The New York Times. January 31, 1957. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. "Hospital Is Dedicated: Mayor Attends Ceremony of Salvation Army in Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. February 6, 1957. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  8. Walsh, Kevin (February 28, 2014). "Fresh Meadows: History Amid the Housing". queens.brownstoner.com. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  9. Fried, Joseph P. (October 1, 1992). "Hospitals In 2 Boroughs Join Efforts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  10. "Company Overview of The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens". Bloomberg Businessweek. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  11. Belkin, Lisa (April 18, 1993). "Hospitals Plan Strategies To Counter Competition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  12. "Woman Gets $3.75 Million Over Diaper Soap". The New York Times. July 4, 1990.
  13. Chris Naffziger (August 22, 2013). "Old Marine Hospital". St. Louis Patina.
  14. Barnara Brotman (September 24, 1989). "Homes For Unwed Mothers Again Fill a Need". Chicago Tribune.
  15. "Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital in Chicago 1962".
  16. "The Salvation Booth". May 2006.


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