St. Vincent's Retreat

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St. Vincent's Retreat
Opened 1879
Current Status Active
Building Style Rambling Plan
Location Harrison, NY
Alternate Names
  • St. Vincent's Retreat for the Insane
  • St. Vincent’s Hospital Westchester (Current)



History

Opened by the Sisters of Charity in 1879. In 1892 St. Vincent’s Hospital opens a nursing school. Over 5,700 students would graduate before the school closed in 1999. St. Vincent’s Hospital, Westchester, merged with St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Yonkers in 2010.


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