Good Samaritan Hospital served the community for more than a century.
Its story began in 1895 at the Margaret Blue Sanitarium, which would eventually become the Good Samaritan Hospital. In 1900, Dr. Thomas Sutton, who was the board of trustees at the sanitarium, asked the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for nursing assistance.
Five nuns came to Zanesville to be nurses at the hospital. Their responsibilities included cleaning, bathing, feeding and providing for patients.
The hospital was officially dedicated on June 27, 1902 and was established on Laurel Avenue in the former E.J. Brush home.
In its honor of the dedication and the legacy the hospital left in this community, the TR is sharing photos of the facility from our archives. This is the first of a two-part look back.
This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: From sanitarium to community pillar. The Legacy of Good Samaritan
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