Columbus Hospital
Columbus Hospital was founded in 1892, incorporated in 1895, and officially opened on March 18, 1896 by a mission of the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to address the needs of Italian immigrants.
The founding group included the (now canonized) Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini and among the first physicians of the hospital was George Frederick Shrady, Sr..
The original address of the hospital was 226 and 228 East 20th Street which had a capacity of 125 beds in 1886. In 1913 it was moved to more adequate quarters vacated by the New York Polyclinic Hospital at 214-218 East 34th Street.
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