Central Park Hospital
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The Central Park Hospital (officially the U.S. General Hospital, Central Park) was a military hospital
that operated in New York City
during the American Civil War
, from 1862 to 1865. It occupied the former grounds of Mount St. Vincent's Academy
near 102nd St and East Drive in Central Park
, just west of Fifth Avenue and atop the Revolutionary War site of McGowan's Pass
. In medical and military records it is usually referred to as the United States General Hospital, Central Park; and sometimes elsewhere as St. Joseph's Military Hospital (as it was named by Sisters of Charity
, who built the complex and provided nursing staff).
Following the Civil War the buildings and site became a sculpture museum and restaurant, called variously the Mount St. Vincent Hotel, Stetson's Hotel, and the McGown's Pass Tavern. Today the site is used by the Central Park Conservancy as a composting area.
It should not be confused with Park Hospital, which was the renamed Red Cross Hospital also located on Central Park
in New York City from 1914–1922 and which the current New York University Hospital is partly descended from.
Hospital
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that operated in New York City
New York City
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during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, from 1862 to 1865. It occupied the former grounds of Mount St. Vincent's Academy
College of Mount Saint Vincent
For the university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, see Mount Saint Vincent University The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the northeast corner of the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York, adjacent to the Yonkers border. It is the northernmost location in...
near 102nd St and East Drive in Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
, just west of Fifth Avenue and atop the Revolutionary War site of McGowan's Pass
McGowan's Pass
McGowan's Pass is a topographical feature of Central Park in New York City, just west of Fifth Avenue and north of 102nd Street. It has been incorporated into the park's East Drive since the early 1860s...
. In medical and military records it is usually referred to as the United States General Hospital, Central Park; and sometimes elsewhere as St. Joseph's Military Hospital (as it was named by Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Charity of New York
The Sisters of Charity of New York is a religious congregation of women in the Catholic Church whose primary missions are education and nursing and who are dedicated in particular to the service of the poor.-History:...
, who built the complex and provided nursing staff).
Following the Civil War the buildings and site became a sculpture museum and restaurant, called variously the Mount St. Vincent Hotel, Stetson's Hotel, and the McGown's Pass Tavern. Today the site is used by the Central Park Conservancy as a composting area.
It should not be confused with Park Hospital, which was the renamed Red Cross Hospital also located on Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
in New York City from 1914–1922 and which the current New York University Hospital is partly descended from.