Pennsylvania Hospital | |
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University of Pennsylvania Health System | |
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![]() Main building of Pennsylvania Hospital in 2024 | |
Geography | |
Location | 800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 39°56′41.2″N 75°9′22.56″W / 39.944778°N 75.1562667°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Perelman School of Medicine |
Network | University of Pennsylvania Health System |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 515[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1751[2] |
Links | |
Website | pennmedicine |
Lists | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania Hospital | |
![]() The Pennsylvania Hospital by William Strickland (1755) | |
Location | 800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Built | December 17, 1756 |
Architect | Samuel Rhoads[4] |
Architectural style | Colonial and Federal (Pine Building) |
NRHP reference No. | 66000688[3] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | June 22, 1965 |
Designated PHMC | December 17, 1954[5] |
Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical ampitheatre in the United States.[2][3][a][6] and its first medical library.[7] It is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
The hospital's main building, dating to 1756, is a National Historic Landmark.[3]
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