The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-08
bENN|NGTON'S 8
BEST PUBLIC
INSTITUTION
The Henry w. Putnam Memorial
Hospital
is PRIDE OF BENNINGTON
Has Now Been In Service Over
Three Years and It's Serv-
ice Steadily Increases
is PRIDE OF BENNINGTON

In one of the very loveliest of Yer
monts many lovely spots, is a hospi-
tai that is unique in many ways. 1t
expresses In an Individual way the
love Of man for his Green Noun
tains, the devotion OF a son to the
memory of his father and the carry
Ing out OF a trust,
The gift OF HenFy w, Putnam, Sr.,
OF the water system to the Village Of
Bennington, and the provision i'll the
deed. that the income for the serv-
ice should be used for the building
and maintenance of hospital to
serve Bennington County, is wei
known. What perhaps Is not so we'll
know, Is that Henry w. Putnam, Jr,
gave the funds for the construction
and equipment for the building itself
leaving the original bequest, for the
maintenance of the hospital. He
also added land to the original nine
acres, the gracious gift of Madam
Helen Brown Hawks, which com
prised part of an old family Reyolut-
ticnery holding, giving the inst tu-
ton a farm and grounds Of thirty
five acres.
Mr.. Putnam, Jr., gave outright, tie
unusual and lovely Nurses Home and
equipped 1t in very generous and
complete way Harry Leslie Walk
er was the architect of both the hos.
nital and home, and j. k, briniey
the landscape gardner, both New
York City artists, and all plans are
made to meet further expansion OF
grounds and buildings. Photographs
speak for themselves only in part.
The background of hills, valleys and
skies can only be yisualized by a
Nermonter.
The approach and entrance are
most attractive. TIE building is q
complete compact hospital unit 1t
has sufficient Office, reception, solar
jun and service room. There are
four diet Kitchens. and main kitch-
on, where the vegetables grown on
tho farm are utilized and the main
cooking and canning done. There
are rooms for servants separate
from the hospital proper, with a sep
arate staircase.
The operating suite is compete
unit and takes care of an average
of four hundred and twenty.seyen op'
erations during the year. The num-
her of babies born was eishty-oue for
1920, which data goes to prove the
need for this hospital. The materni-
ty ward of seven beds and the creche,
with its complete utilities. is in con-
tinuous service and the patients ap-
preciate its airy spaces and attrac-
tive furnishings.
There are reception rooms on both
floors. The whole interior is fin.
ished in neutral shade OF brown.
Satin finish cream tile is generously
used. The walls OF the sleeping
rooms are finished in fiat washable
paints. No glare or shine or white
surfaces. The beds and furniture are
painted and the two toned furn ture
matched with soft rugs, hangings,
cushions, etc. All easily renewed
and kept clean.
The X.ray department, laboratory,
drug room, stores, etc, are on tle
ground floor and are complete III
every detail, The building Is OF tap
estry brick, freproof construction
with metal staircases and Kompolite
floors. All plaster and tile corners
are rounded throughout and all doors
are flush paneled. Both hospital and
home are supplied with gas, electri'
city, pressure steam, a Bromwell
ventilating system and are heated by
vacuum system low pressure steam
The corner stone was laid August
sixteenth, nineteen hundred and SIX
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