St. Lukes Hospital Jacksonville Florida

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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.

The First St. Lukes Hospital

St. Lukes Hospital on Palmetto St. 1880

First Class of St. Luke's School of Nursing 1885

School of Nursing 1896

St. Luke's Patient Room -Turn of the Century

Nursing Staff 1910

St. Luke's Hospital, on 8th Street opened in 1914

Orthopedic Room 1928