OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ST. LUKES HOSPITAL

                                    1873

Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, President 

Mrs. J. D. Mitchell, Treasurer 

Mrs. Anna T. Doggett 

Mrs. Theodore Hartridge

                  90 YEARS OF SERVICE

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ST. LUKES HOSPITAL

                                  1962 

Roger L. Main, President 

Mrs. J. E. Davis, 1st Vice President 

Connor Brown, 2nd Vice President 

Mrs. George H. Hodges, 3rd Vice President 

Frank W. Norris, Treasurer 

Wirt A. Beard, Secretary

W. E. Arnold, Executive Director and Assistant Secretary 

                                         DIRECTORS

WIRT A. BEARD ,CONNOR BROWN FRANCIS B. CHILDRESS, 

JAMES A. CRANFORD ,J. E. DAVIS ,W. K. DRAK 

ELI H. FINK ,PHILIP G. HOWE, L. D. HUPP CLIFFORD T. INGLIS ,

LEO A. JANSEN, RHYDON C. LATHAM, WILLIAM R. LOVETT, 

ROGER L. MAIN, C. HARRISON MANN ,ROBERT C. MILLAR, 

FRANK W. NORRIS, H. P. OSBORNE ,CLYDE C. PIERCE

MRS. G. J. AVENT, MRS. R. D. BALDWIN MRS. CONNOR BROWN,

 MRS. T. G. BUCKNER ,MRS. J. E. DAVIS, MRS. JEROME HERMAN, 

MRS. W. J. HILDEBRANDT ,MRS. JAMES P. HILL,

 MRS. GEORGE H. HODGES, MRS. THOMAS C. IMESON, 

MRS. GEORGE W. KENNEDY, MRS. W. M. OCONNELL, 

MRS. H. P. OSBORNE, MRS. GRANVILLE RAILEY, 

MRS. JOHN ROSENBLUM, MISS MAY B. SPROULL ,

MRS. DON TULLIS, MRS. BASIL WALKER

St. Luke's Hospital would not have begun if not for three caring women,

 Mrs. Theodore Hartridge, Mrs.Aristides Doggett and Mrs. J. D. Mitchell. 

They saw a need for a suitable place to accommodate sick and destitute

 transients.They formed the Ladies Benevolent Society. The money they

 raised for the charity, enabled them to rent a small frame building between

 Duval and Monroe streets. In March of 1873 St. Luke’s Hospital was opened. 

It was the first institution in Florida for the sick.

In 1874 a lot on the corner of Market and Caroline Street was purchased. 

Work began on the new building in 1875. Just before the building was to open, 

it was destroyed by fire. The new location was to be on Palmetto Street, 

which opened in 1878. Due to the need of a larger facility, this location was 

closed in 1914, when the new hospital was built in Springfield.Operated 

until 1984 as St. Luke's was moved to  Southpoint.