Stuyvesant Polyclinic
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History
The hospital began as a clinic financed by Anna Ottendorfer (1815-1884) and built in 1884 as the German Dispensary. It offered free medical care to impoverished German Americans on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.[1] In 1905 the German Dispensary moved to a new building and the Die Deutsche Poliklinik of the City of New York moved into the Second Avenue facility.[2]
During World War I there was a wave of anti-German sentiment and the name of the facility was changed to Stuyvesant Polyclinic of the City of New York.[3][4] In 1927 there was an attempt to change the name from Stuyvesant Polyclinic to German Polyclinic.[5] In 1954 the facility treated its 6,000,000th patient.[6]
The facility became a clinic of Cabrini Medical Center and was closed in 2007.[2]
Presidents
- Julius S. Wikler (1952)[7]
See also
- Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital for the architecture and history of the building
References
- ^ "The Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ a b Gray, Christopher (August 15, 2008). "1880s Features, Unveiled Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Staff (June 15, 1918). "New Incorporations" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Staff (October 9, 1983). "Stuyvesant Polyclinic, At 100, Still Tends To Lower East Siders". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Staff (January 26, 1927). "Movement Started to Change Stuyvesant Dispensary to German Polyclinic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Staff (February 26, 1954). "Stuyvesant Polyclinic Has 6,000,000th Patient". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Staff (February 14, 1952). "Heads Stuyvesant Polyclinic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
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