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The U.S. Marine Hospitals Edit-a-thon

sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Description here

This edit-a-thon will include presentations on the history of the U.S. Marine Hospital system and NIOSH's predecessors in the U.S. Public Health Service.

when

TBD

how

This is a virtual edit-a-thon, so anyone anywhere in the world can participate! Links will be posted soon.

Agenda

Presentations (on Zoom)
- History of the U.S. Marine Hospitals
- The Secret Origins of NIOSH talk: the history of the Division of Industrial Hygiene and its transformation into NIOSH
Editing

Historical overview

Resources

Articles to work on

The final nine

Nine hospitals remained in the system when it was closed in 1981. The general hospitals in New York, Nassau Bay near Houston, San Francisco, and Seattle, and the National Leprosarium have articles, but the following are missing:

United States Marine Hospital (Boston)
The Boston area hosted six incarnations of its Marine Hospital, including both the first and last to be constructed by the federal government. The last two of these exist: the 1857 hospital in Chelsea and the 1940 hospital in Brighton.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (Baltimore)
Both the original 1887 building and its 1934 replacement stand on the site. They were recently saved from demolition to be renovated as offices for Johns Hopkins University.^[1]^[2]^[7] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (Norfolk, Virginia)
The original hospital operated from 1800 until the 1860s and is no longer standing. The second hospital, opened in 1922, is now the Lafeyette River Annex, home to the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[8]^[9] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (New Orleans)
The first hospital was destroyed by a flood and then exploded, the second was abandoned before completion when it sank into the swamp—but the current one stayed up!^[1]^[2]^[3]^[10]^[11]^[12] (Photos)

Existing hospitals

Several Marine Hospitals constructed prior to 1912 are still in existence; articles exist for those in Charleston, Mobile, Louisville, Portland, Martha's Vineyard, Memphis, Fort Stanton, Ellis Island, and Pittsburgh. Hospitals in Baltimore, New York, and Chelsea, Massachusetts are associated with the later hospitals listed above. The remaining missing articles are:

United States Marine Hospital (Lahaina, Hawaii)
This hospital, opened in 1844 while Hawaii was still a kingdom, is one of the earliest existing buildings in Lahaina on Maui. By the 1970s it had been reduced almost to rubble, but was restored and is now part of the Lahaina Historic District.^[3]^[13]^[14]^[15] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (Key West)
Opened in 1845, it operated as a Marine Hospital for nearly a century. It was taken over by the Navy during World War II and later was converted into condominiums.^[2]^[3]^[10]^[16]^[17] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (Galena, Illinois)
This hospital operated only during 1861–1868, but remains standing. It is currently in a dilapidated state and was sold earlier this year.^[18]^[19]
United States Marine Hospital (Savannah, Georgia)
This 1906 hospital was the only one of the pre-1912 hospital buildings to remain open after 1952. It operated until 1969 and is now used by the Savannah College of Art and Design.^[2]^[16] (Photos)
United States Marine Hospital (Buffalo, New York)
This 1909 hospital narrowly escaped demolition in 1995 to expand a parking lot. It was reused as housing for persons living with AIDS, and later for those with substance abuse disorders.^[2]^[16]^[20]^[21]

Other hospitals

See List of U.S. Marine Hospitals for a complete list.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bureau of Medical Services (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1980. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States. U.S. Public Health Service. 1921. pp. 274, 294ff.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "National Historic Landmark Nomination: United States Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky". pp. 24–36. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
^ "About". Brighton Marine. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ Morgan, Keith N. (2018-07-17). "Chelsea Marine Hospital". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
^ "The United States Marine Hospital, port of Boston: an account of its origin and briefly of its history and of the physicians who have been in charge". U.S. National Library of Medicine. 1940. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ Gunts, Ed (2019-01-11). "Former Baltimore Marine Hospital, once targeted for demolition, will now be renovated by Hopkins". Baltimore Fishbowl. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
^ McPhillips, Peggy Haile. "United States Marine Hospital". Norfolk Public Library. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ Cook, Darrell E. (2017-08-01). "The demolition of Lafayette River Annex Building C". Atlantic Observer. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
^ ^a ^b Annual report of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1872. pp. 7–21.
^ Burke, Eleanor S. (2015-05-22). "Designation Report: 210 State Street" (PDF). City of New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ "New Orleans Marine Hospital 1867 was Rammed Earth". Earth Architecture. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ "HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, U. S. Marine Hospital, Lahaina, HI" (PDF). www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210226133348/https://lahainarestoration.org/seamens-hospital/
^ http://imagesofoldhawaii.com/us-marine-hospital/
^ ^a ^b ^c "United States. Public Health Service. Division of Hospitals". SNAC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
^ "Marine Hospital – Historic Walking Tour". Fun in Key West. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ https://usmarinehospital.com/
^ https://www.galenafoundation.org/marinehospital/
^ http://blog.buffalostories.com/tag/us-marine-hospital/
^ https://www.cazenoviarecovery.org/news-updates/garden-lofts-at-the-marine-hospital/

Outcomes

[:52-1] Bureau of Medical Services (PDF). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1980. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States. U.S. Public Health Service. 1921. pp. 274, 294ff.

[:9-3] "National Historic Landmark Nomination: United States Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky". pp. 24–36. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

[4] "About". Brighton Marine. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[5] Morgan, Keith N. (2018-07-17). "Chelsea Marine Hospital". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

[6] "The United States Marine Hospital, port of Boston: an account of its origin and briefly of its history and of the physicians who have been in charge". U.S. National Library of Medicine. 1940. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[7] Gunts, Ed (2019-01-11). "Former Baltimore Marine Hospital, once targeted for demolition, will now be renovated by Hopkins". Baltimore Fishbowl. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

[8] McPhillips, Peggy Haile. "United States Marine Hospital". Norfolk Public Library. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[9] Cook, Darrell E. (2017-08-01). "The demolition of Lafayette River Annex Building C". Atlantic Observer. Retrieved 2021-03-10.

[:8-10] Annual report of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1872. pp. 7–21.

[:7-11] Burke, Eleanor S. (2015-05-22). "Designation Report: 210 State Street" (PDF). City of New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[12] "New Orleans Marine Hospital 1867 was Rammed Earth". Earth Architecture. Retrieved 2020-09-20.

[13] "HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, U. S. Marine Hospital, Lahaina, HI" (PDF). www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-29.

[14] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210226133348/https://lahainarestoration.org/seamens-hospital/

[15] ttp://imagesofoldhawaii.com/us-marine-hospital/

[:02-16] "United States. Public Health Service. Division of Hospitals". SNAC. Retrieved 2020-08-31.

[17] "Marine Hospital – Historic Walking Tour". Fun in Key West. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[18] ttps://usmarinehospital.com/

[19] ttps://www.galenafoundation.org/marinehospital/

[20] ttp://blog.buffalostories.com/tag/us-marine-hospital/

[21] ttps://www.cazenoviarecovery.org/news-updates/garden-lofts-at-the-marine-hospital/

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