This picture of the remodelled John Hickey house which became St. John's Hospital in Anderson is labelled St. Mary's Hospital. St. John's was known by this name for a short time in its early days.
In 1893, after his wife's death, John Hickey donated his home and its surrounding land to the Sisters of the Holy Cross, in gratitude for the care given his wife. In 1894, after the house was remodeled, it took its first patients. This three...
St. John's North Wing, built in 1943. General Motors gave $150,00 toward its construction. In the 1940's and 50's, the words Hickey Memorial were part of the hospital name.
