First Sacred Heart Hospital, Built in 1887, on Front Avenue at Bernard Street

ID: 4962 ~ Source: Courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives. ~ Creator: Unknown Photographer ~ Date: 01/01/1887

This file appears in: Hospital of the Sacred Heart: Spokane's First Medical Facility: Sisters of Charity Arrive in 1886 to Begin Construction.

Built in 1887, this large, three story building was taxed beyond its capacity within a year of opening.

This file appears in: Hospital of the Sacred Heart: Spokane's First Medical Facility: Sisters of Charity Arrive in 1886 to Begin Construction.

Hospital of the Sacred Heart: Spokane's First Medical Facility: Sisters of Charity Arrive in 1886 to Begin Construction.

By R. A. Schultz

"A visitor in the hospital will see everything in perfect order, the patients cheerful ... and the always kind-faced Sisters ... like angels of mercy."