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Old Main Hospital (1925)
On this site an ultramodern teaching hospital opened its doors in 1925. It consisted of a main patient care building with an administration building in front and a surgical wing behind, connected by corridors. The main hospital, designed by Albert Kahn, originally had nine levels, including three below ground, and two miles of corridors. The largest university hospital in America at the time, its half-million gross square feet included wards, private rooms, a surgical wing with eleven operating rooms, clinical laboratories, a pathology museum, lecture rooms, and a central heart station with wires running to all clinical departments. Two floors were added in 1931 for the care of patients with tuberculosis. Thereafter the hospital was expanded and renovated several times in order to maintain its role as a referral center for the state of Michigan, a community health center for the surrounding areas, and the major clinical resources for the Medical School and the School of Nursing. One million patients were treated here between 1925 and 1965. “Old Main” was replaced in 1986 and demolished in 1989. This plaque was placed as part of the Sesquicentennial of the Medical School in 2000. |
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