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|Body= [[St. Pauls Sanitarium|St. Paul’s Sanitarium]] opened in 1896 at the corner of Bryan and Hall Street in a small cottage and moved into its main building when it was completed in 1898. It was located between Old East Dallas and North Dallas on the north side of what is now Exall Park (est. 1914), not far from present-day Baylor University Medical Center. The hospital had 110 beds at opening, and was served by the nurses of the Roman Catholic Order – the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. Several expansions were made to the site over its 70-year history – including a School of Nursing building erected in 1922, a School of Medical Technology, student dorm rooms, and clinics.                                
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|Body= Founded in 1853 by Baltimore merchant Moses Sheppard, after a visit by mental health rights advocate and social reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix, the hospital was originally called the [[Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital|Sheppard Asylum]]. The original buildings were designed by the famous architect Calvert Vaux and constructed on what had previously been a 340 acre farm. The cornerstone of the original building was laid in spring of 1862.                                
 
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Revision as of 11:18, 30 November 2025

Featured Image Of The Week

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Founded in 1853 by Baltimore merchant Moses Sheppard, after a visit by mental health rights advocate and social reformer Dorothea Lynde Dix, the hospital was originally called the Sheppard Asylum. The original buildings were designed by the famous architect Calvert Vaux and constructed on what had previously been a 340 acre farm. The cornerstone of the original building was laid in spring of 1862.
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