Monday, April 2, 2018

Chimborazo Hospital Richmond VA

July 7, 2017
Chimborazo Hospital
Richmond VA


We passed the site of Elizabeth Van Lew's home.  A school is there now.


This building was built in 1909 as a weather station.  It houses the Medical Museum.

Cool Victorian house across the street.


The Chimborazo Hospital was a complex of 150 buildings on 40 acres.  78,000 Confederate soldiers were treated here between 1861 and 1865.  The well-ventilated buildings became a model for post war hospitals.  The pictures tell the story of the hospital and the people who worked there.





By today's standards, this is a bit scary.

































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