page_title: Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School
section_title: Rust Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School / Buildings / Rust Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Rust Hall, Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School, Washington, D. C.
context_page_description: Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School was a religious training school, now a hospital, in Washington, D.C. So named in memory of Lucy Webb Hayes, the wife of former President Rutherford B. Hayes, it was founded in 1891. It was the authorized training school of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which owned the property of the school, exercised supervision and jurisdiction over its management, and looked to it to supply the trained workers employed by the society in its widely diversified fields of labor. The privileges of the school were not, however, confined to those connected with the Woman's Home Missionary Society. It opened its doors to all who wanted to prepare themselves for any department of Christian activity. In 1894, the school was chartered by act of Congress in conjunction with the Deaconess Home and Sibley Memorial Hospital, and formed with them one corporation. The unified administration and guaranteed the training of Christian workers.
  Currently doing business as Sibley Memorial Hospital, the full legal name for the hospital is "Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries".
context_section_description: The building faced 130 feet (40 m) on North Capitol Street, and was 80 feet (24 m) deep on the M Street front. Rust Hall was a five-story structure. It contained 115 rooms, of which 15 were for public use. The building accommodateed 100 people and provided modern appliances. It was heated by hot water and lit by electricity generated by its own engines and dynamos. It was furnished with elevator and iron stairways. A telephone system connected the institution with the main office. Henrietta A. Bancroft served as chairman of the building committee. Charles W. Gallagher was treasurer and president of the National training school when the building opened.
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