The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-04
ST. MARGAREI'S
NEW BUILDING
Hammond Will Soon Have
the Finest Hospital in
the State.
BIG IMPROVEMENT PLANNED
Sisters of St. Francis Enthusiastic
Over the Plans That Have
Been Drawn Up.

A hospital a block long and half a
block wide, with the main entrance on
Douglas street, are the plans that the
Sisters of st. Francis are nursing for
st. Margarets hospital. For the pres
ent this is but a plan and a dream
for the future. but will be carried out
just as surely as the new wing plan
which the sisters have been evolving
for years.
The new east wing, groand for
which is to be broken this month or
early next. is but part of the plan
to make st. Margaret's one of the best
and compIetest hospitals in northern
Indiana. The east wing. stretching
south from the present building on
Clinton street is to be the immediate
materializa ton of the whole plan.
The architects for the east wing have
already prepared blue prints for the
addition. Brother Anselm,. O. F. NJ,
architect-in-chief for the ST. Francis
can order, and c. Gault of the firm
of Gault and Gault, architects of Terre
Haute, were in Hammond last Thurs
day to confer with Sister Eusebia, who
is sister superior at st. Margaret's.
Brother Anselm since then has re-
turned to his convent in ST. Louis.
where Mr.. Gault has followed him for
further discussion and revision of the
plans.
The new east wing will add almost
twice the space now furnished by the
present building, and will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 to 500, ,000
The building itself will be 196 feet
long and will be wide enough for a
fta1
rooms on both sides of the hall The
height will be four stories, which may
be reached by modern elevators which
will be installed. The building ma
terial viii be brick with stone trim
ming and viii be in harmony with the
building already compTeted.s T .-ssoer
plan Of the old building win be fol-
lowed.
AS now planned the new wing will
be as modern and up-to-date as pos
sible; the first floor will have private
wards and rooms. Provision for wards
for women will be made on the third
floor. The operating rooms will be
complete.
The old hospital will be renovated
and made more modern and set aside
for business offices and private rooms.
plans in general said:
The new hospital will be a great
thing for Hammond and this region.
From the support that the present
hospital has been getting, we are en-
couraged to undertake the building of
the additional wing and later the com
plete building.
Our plans for the completed hospi-
tai include a heating plant with which
a laundry is connected. Provisions
are also made for chapel. The Iaun-
dry and heating plant will be separate
from the hospital proper.
There is no reason why this fnsti- |
tuition should not grow to be one of |
the foremost in northern Indiana. The
new hospital will certainly be mod
ern and up date, and as for the phv |
sicians and surgeons Of Hammond /
they are the best. 1t is surely graft /
flying to Hammond to know that they |
have just as able men here as can be
found in Chicago, and more good doc
tors are coming every year
We feel that Hammond appreciates
the hospital, and it well may for the
institution is solely for the city and
the surrounding territory.
Upon completion of the new wing
the old hospital will be renovated and |
made absolutely private. In the plaTS
for the old hospital are also included
those for office rooms for the physi-
clans and the other staff
I'VE expect to break ground either
this month or early next