Fordham Hospital
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| location = Fordham
| region = The Bronx
| state = New York
| country = US
| healthcare = Public
| funding = Government
| type = General
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| affiliation = Fordham University
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| network = * NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
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| opened = * 1892 (hospital)
- May 11, 1907 (moved to new building)
| closed = July 15, 1976
| demolished = 1976
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Fordham Hospital was the first public hospital in the Bronx, New York City, having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in Manhattan. It was located in the Fordham section of the Bronx on Valentine Avenue near Kingsbridge Road, which at the time was a relatively undeveloped area, and inconvenient for patients and their families.History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3, by James Joseph Walsh, 1919, page 728. It moved to Aqueduct Avenue and St. James Place in 1898.
New building
On May 11, 1907, the hospital moved to a 4-acre (1.6 ha) location just northwest of the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Crotona Avenue, adjacent to what was then St. John's College, now Fordham University. The architect was Raymond F. Almirall.The City Record, Volume 34, Part 5, by New York (N.Y.), page 4528, May 11, 1906. The hospital and university were affiliated at least to the extent of sharing the hospital president, who was also the dean of Fordham's medical school, which opened in 1913.Fordham: A History and Memoir, by Raymond A. Schroth, page 127. Medical students from the Fordham University School of Medicine (1905–1921) interned at the hospital.{{cite web |last1=Shen |first1=Vivian |title=Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham University History: Schools that Once Were |url=https://fordham.libguides.com/c.php?g=279582&p=1863388 |website=fordham.libguides.com |accessdate=31 August 2020 |language=en}}
In the mid-1930s, the Federal Art Project sponsored interior murals by artists Emily Newton Barto and Elizabeth Deering.
File:Archives of American Art - Elizabeth Deering - 2056.jpg
Closure
The hospital was closed on July 15, 1976, by a decision of the then owner, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation,{{cite news|title=Fordham Hospital Closing July 15|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/07/03/75627889.html?pageNumber=20|accessdate=29 December 2015|work=New York Times|date=July 3, 1976|page=20}} despite extensive community protests,"The Ram", Fordham student newspaper, November 19, 1975, page 1. including a sit-in. Amongst those opposing the closure were Bronx Community Board 6 and Borough President Robert Abrams. The building was demolished soon afterward. The site is now The Fordham University Rose Hill Parking Facility.{{cite web|url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/20144/parking_facilities/282/rose_hill/1|title=Rose Hill|first=Linder Tia|last=M|website=www.fordham.edu}} The NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, considered the new North Central Bronx Hospital as the replacement for both Fordham Hospital and Morrisania Hospital.