Samaritan Hospital, 1515 W. Charles Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Samaritan Hospital | |
| Address: | 1515 Charles Avenue W |
| Neighborhood/s: | Hamline-Midway, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: |
Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year built: | 1919 |
| Year razed: | ??? |
| Primary Style: | Commercial |
| Additions: | New front entrance and west addition, built in ca. 1968. |
| Major Alterations: | Altered |
| Moved from Location: | demolished |
| Historic Function: | Hospital |
| Current Function: | Other |
| Architect or source of design: | Lambert Bassindale |
| Builder: | J. & W.A. Elliot Co. (Minneapolis) |
| Material of Exterior Wall Covering: | Brick |
| Material of Roof: | None Listed |
| Material of Foundation: | Concrete |
| Building Permit Number: | 73935 (1919), 92852 (1968) |
(44.957453° N, 93.1645444° W)
The information provided here is from the 1983 Ramsey County Historical Society and Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission Historic Sites Survey:
This building was torn down in (? year). The building's location is now home to some townhomes, as well as the Hamline Park Plaza office complex, and a small, private park.
Date of site visit 1/18/1982 Fieldworker: L. Scott
Significant site and landscape features: "Entire city block bounded by Asbury, Simpson, Edmund, and Charles."
Legal description: "Lot 1-18, Block 5, Dyer's Rearrangement of Hamline"
Historical background: "This hospital was built in 1919 at an estimated cost of $315,000 and was originally owned by Northern Pacific Hospital and the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association (which had connections with the Northern Pacific Railway). In 1968, part of the building was removed and a $1,000 addition was made to the west side. In 1971, the building became Samaritan Hospital."
Statement of significance: "A moderate sized utilitarian hospital building designed by Lambert Bassindale, who also designed the Midway Hospital."
Sources of information given on the historic site survey: "Polk's 1920 St. Paul City Directory"
Historic Sites Survey architect file.
