Additional images: ~1910, ~1915

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Nat Bodian's memory of St. Barnabas

1890 Newark City Directory:

        Supported chiefly by contributions of our fellow citizens, who are urgently requested to furnish the means for increased usefulness.  Under the care of the sisters of St. Margaret.  Capacity, comprising also LYING-IN department and CHILDREN'S WARD, 40 beds.

From the 1893 Newark City Directory:

        Patients suffering from severe accidents admitted unconditionally, at any hour of day or night. Other patients, without regard to sex, color, nationality or creed, admitted between 10 AM and 1 PM.

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        Saint Barnabas Hospital was founded in 1865 by the Episcopal Church and incorporated on February 13, 1867.  The first hospital was a small suite of rooms in the upper floor of a building on McWhorter Street.  A new location was found in 1867 but it was still unsuitable due to the building being cold and drafty.  To keep the hospital afloat money was raised by subscriptions, charity collections, business gifts and the annual Saint Barnabas Charity Ball.  In the early years, the housekeeping and nursing was done by women volunteers.  To augment its funding, Hospital Clubs were formed.  These clubs offered businesses with an available bed for its sick or injured employees.  Unfortunately this plan did not raise the desired money. 

        In 1870, an eye and ear infirmary, along with a clinic for diseases of women and children was opened two days a week to provide outpatient care.  Later in 1870, the hospital received a large financial gift and built a 35 bed facility at Montgomery and High Streets.  The patients treated were the destitute and friendless along with accident victims.  1883 saw the building of a new facility which contained an administrative wing and a three story hospital.  An elevator and steam heat were added in 1889.

Relocated to Livingston, New Jersey.

Books used for this page:
"Newark, the Unhealthiest City":