Historical MarkerSouthwestern General Hospital
El Paso · El Paso County · Dedicated 1980 · THC Atlas #5141004993
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About this site
Southwestern General Hospital is a historical marker in El Paso, El Paso County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 102 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 161 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7838, -106.4741 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is Scenic Drive (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include The Rainmakers of 1891, First Presbyterian Church of El Paso, and Turner Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141004993. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Southwestern General Hospital grew out of the Albert Baldwin Sanatorium, built in El Paso between 1905 and 1907 by David Gilmore Baldwin and named for his father, who had come west seeking treatment for tuberculosis. El Paso's dry, sunny climate made it a magnet for sanatoriums in the early twentieth century. The facility was converted into a general hospital in 1936, eventually becoming Southwestern General Hospital. Its historical marker was erected in 1980.
Sources: hmdb.orgtshaonline.org