The Washington herald., 1913-06-21
ROBINSON HALL
Open TO PUBLIC
New Addition to Sibley Hos
pital Completed and Thou
sands Attend Reception.
EQUIPMENT IS MODERN
Institution Made Possible by Work of
Several Publie-spirited Wash
ington People.

building of Sibley Hospital at North
Capitol and Pierce Streets was opened
last night with a reception. which wa.
attended by several thousand person.
interested in the welfare of the insti.
tuition. which is operated by the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated
with Lucy Webb Hayes Training School
Visitors were received by officers an6
directors of the institution and then were
shown through Robinson Hall by nurses
Robinson Hall is the outgrowth of the
similar hospital and is almost a replica
Of Rust Hall, whish adjoins it on the
north.
The addition covers an area of sixty
two feet by 134 feet, is six stories in
height and is fireproof throughout Its
equipment will be complete. The build
ing is faced with red pressed brick and
trimmed with brownstone and terra
Gotta and with Rust Hall, occupies the
entire frontage of the block on North
Capitol, Pierce and NJ Streets
The entrance of the building is graced
by porte-cochere, and the lobby and
corridors are roomy and well lighted. To
the right of the entrance are the offices
OF the superintendent, his clerical staff
and the principal nurse, all of whose
rooms are supplied with private baths
and with electric and telephone con-
nection with all parts of the institution
There is also on the first floor the resi-
dent physicians quarters. visiting ply
sicians' room, internes' rooms cloak
room, duty room. with linen and other
closets, and sterlizing apparatus; six
single rooms for patients, a small ward
and a large ward.
On each floor there is a thoroughly
equipped diet kitchen, finished in tile
and connected with each of the other
stories with an automatic electric dumb
waiter. The second, third, and fourth
floors are similar, and contain each one
large ward, three smaller wards, ten
single rooms two larger rooms with
baths. duty room. diet kitchen, and an
extended fireproof balcony along the en-
tire west side.
Operating Rooms Feature.
The fifth floor has for its main fea-
lures the operating rooms, which are
eXcellently lighted and equipped. In con-
nection with these are the surgeons
wash room, sterilizing room, etheriziug
room. bandage room, nurses wash
rooms, broom closet and sinks, several
recovery rooms and q convalescents'
lobby. On this floor also there are two
small wards, number of single rooms,
and the diet kitchen.
4 large solarium has been provided on
the roof. where recovering patients may
by the large elevator, which runs from
the basement, and patients may be rolled
out of any room or to any of the bal
conies
free dispensary will be operated in
the basement -Pa1ients entering TIE hos
pital will be received at the south door,
which is on the street, and has the pro-
lection of a large glass rooted marquee.
The house kitchen, nurses dining-room,
pantries, store rooms, refrigerating plant,
vacuum cleaning plant, chemists labora-
tory. physicians lounging room, and
morgue ave on this floor. The power
plant is located in a separate building
which supplies Robinson Hall, Rust Hall,
and the original Sibley Hospital
The building was constructed by the
Melton Construction Company, of which
Thomas H. Melton is president. 1t was
designed by William ]. Palmer.
Makers OF Institution.
. The names of several washingtonians
Mare inseparably connested with the es-
blishment and development of the
Icy Webb Hayes Training School and
bley Hospital A. little more than
FTenty years ago Ephraim Nash made
possible to open the school by giving
yhis residence at the corner of Pierce
and North Capitol Streets. A short time
afterward William ]. Sibley built the
gave it to the board of trustees. The
late Matthew Emery, a generous sup
porter during his life, remembered the
institution at his death.
The name of woman of national
fame is written in the corporate title of
the institution-Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes,
wife of the late President Rutherford
B. Hayes The name of another woman
of like character. Elizabeth Rust, graceS
Rust Hall. erected in 1901
Robinson Hall, superior in construc-
ton and appointment to Rust Hall, will
perpetuate the memory of Mr. and Mrs.
George o. Robinson, of Detroit Mrs |
Robinson from the beginning has been
and is an inspiring and guiding per-
sonality m the DEVELOPMENT of the
training school. Mr.. Robinson, with his
gift of $4,000 and other valuable finan- |
cial aid, has made possible Robinson |
Hall. which is now being opened to the |
public for inspection, and will soon be |
ready to receive patients
The primary object of Sibley Hospital |
and in fact of all the departments of the
training school, is to prepare Christian |
women for the highest form of philan-
thropic service to humanity
Never Asked Aid.
Until recently. the physical conditions
were not especially inviting to physicians
or nurses: but, notwithstanding this fact.
the hospital for many years has been
crowded. 1t has never made a canvass
in the city of Washington for funds for
its maintenance or other purpose, 1t is
claimed, neither has it ever received any
aid from the government directly or in
directl-.
The development Of the institution with
in the last five years has been great |
Credit has been established all indebt-
edness has been paid off, new real es-
tate valued at $4,000 has been acquired.
and Robinson Hall constructed. When
furnished, it will have cost more than
$4,000
The hospital, while the property Of and
operated by the Woman's Home Mission
ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States, has offered
its aid to the sick and the needy without
any discrimination on account of belief
or character.
Rev. William H Wilder is president o,
the institution ana Miss Fanny L. Hin |
man, R. N, is superintendent of nurses.
Right Rev. Earl Cranston. d. D., LII. j
D., resident Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; Mrs. Della L. Will !
Jams, Mrs. George o. Robinson, Mrs.
Clara L. Roach, Mrs. George H. Thomp-
son. Mrs Daniel B. Street, George W. F. /.
Swartzell, and Adds B. Browne are
holding trustees
The District board of directors con-
sists of Rev. Henry s. France, D. D..
chairman; Mrs Hosmer NJ. johnson. sec