Columbia Hospital for Women

The Columbia Hospital for Women was a hospital located in Washington, D.C. Originally opening in 1866 as a health-care facility for wives and widows of Civil War soldiers, it moved in 1870 from Thomas Circle to its later location at 2425 L Street, NW in the West End neighborhood. The Columbia became a private, non-profit hospital when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation transferring it to a board of directors in 1953. The facility closed in 2002 and the building was converted into a condominium, The Columbia Residences.[1]

The Columbia Residences, formerly known as the Columbia Hospital for Women, in Washington, D.C.

Among the more than 250,000 people born at Columbia Hospital for Women were Duke Ellington, Marion Christopher Barry, Al Gore, Katherine Heigl, Michael Dominic, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower.[2]

References

1. United States National Library of Medicine. "Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area". Retrieved July 16, 2007.
2. Natanson, Hannah (18 August 2019). "'We lost something special': The women's hospital in D.C. that became a Trader Joe's". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2019.