Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 54th Street (West)
Fifth Avenue, at the N.W. corner of West 54th Street, showing St. Luke's Hospital, erected in 1858. Beginning in 1846 under the guidance of the Rev. Dr. Wm. A. Muhlenberg, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, a public appeal for funds in 1850 resulted in the formation of a corporation and in subscriptions amounting to S100,000. An infirmary was opened on Sixth Avenue in 1854. This work was transferred to the newly erected hospital in 1858. Increased demands necessitated the abandonment of this structure and the erection of a new building on 113th Street, near the Cathedral of St. John. The corner stone there was laid, May 6, 1893. For further details of this humanitarian work see pages 471-3 of Kings Handbook of New York, 1893. 1894 Urbrock Collection H. W. Tiemmann Company, photo Fifth Avenue, west side, from West 54th to 55th streets, showing St. Luke's Hospital. The main entrance is on the left, 54th Street. Organized in 1850, the Sisters oi the Holy Communion opened an infirmary on Sixth Avenue in 1854. Upon completion of the building shown in 1858 their work was transferred here. In connection with the hospital, s training. school for nurses was established in 1888. The cornerstone of their new hospital on Morningside Heights (at West 113th Street) was laid May 6, 1893. Note at the right margin the partial glimpse of Dr. Tall's Ninth Avenue Presbyterian Church at the N. W. corner of West 55th Street and the Avenue.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
