St. Barnabas Hospital

Beginning with St. Barnabas

Over the years, the Elliot Park neighborhood has hosted a variety of hospitals and nursing schools. St. Barnabas Hospital was founded as the Cottage Hospital in 1871 by Reverend D.B. Knickerbacker of the Gethsemane Parish of the Episcopal Church.Located between South 7th and 6th Streets and 9th and 10th Avenues South, the six bed facility … Read more

The Swedish Hospital

After almost twenty years of planning, the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis was incorporated on January 10th, 1898. The first home for the new institution was a rented, two-story frame house at 1419 South 9th Street. Just three years later, 5,000 people, mostly Swedes, celebrated laying a cornerstone for a new building at 723 10th Avenue … Read more