<p>In 1893-1894, King County built a hospital at the County Poor Farm in Georgetown on the Duwamish River. This replaced an earlier, remodeled farmhouse building operated as an almshouse by the Sisters of Providence.  At this new facility, doctors and nurses cared for those sick and injured county residents who could not afford to pay. By 1915, the hospital had expanded into a new brick addition. This image shows the King County Hospital at about that time. The hospital remained at this site until the opening of Harborview Hospital in 1931, at which point the Georgetown facility became King County Hospital Unit 2. Convalescent patients were housed at the older hospital until it was sold in 1956 and demolished. </p>
<p>Caption information source: "King County Hospital begins operation in Georgetown in May 1877," by David Wilma, HistoryLink.org Essay 2982.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Automobiles--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Health care facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; King County Hospital (Seattle, Wash.)</li></ul>
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circa 1915 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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