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Catherine Street Hospitals (1891)
 The new University Hospital, erected in 1891, was built to meet the need for better hospital accommodations for the people of Ann Arbor and the State of Michigan, especially children and adults with treatable conditions in county almshouses. The citizens of Ann Arbor contributed significantly to the cost of construction. At first, patients were treated in two hospital wards and a few private rooms, but sun porches and more buildings were soon added. Eventually the Catherine Street Hospital included medical, surgical, pediatric, otology, dermatology, and maternity wards, a psychopathic hospital, a contagious disease hospital, and a maternity cottage. In 1924—25, the last full year of operation, the Hospital complex treated an average of 515 patients per day, and 23,010 people total as both inpatients and outpatients. Many of the buildings were adapted for continued use after the opening of the new hospital on Ann Street (“Old Main” Hospital), and all were demolished by 1970. |
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