Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0001_u.jpg

    This is a photograph from the April 2, 1955 "victory dinner" when the non-profit corporation for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of a new hospital facility met their goal of $698,736.   Robert Akin was the general chairman of the Hospital Development Committee.

    According to the 1988 Annual Report of McPherson Hospital,  Howell, Michigan, with matching federal funds, this fundraising campaign enabled planners to go ahead with their plans to build a 75 bed hospital at a cost of $1,267,000.

    The location of the banquet and the persons in the photographs are unknown.
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0011_u.jpg

    The E. G. McPherson $30,000 residential property to be transformed.
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0012_u.jpg

    Exterior view of a fire escape at McPherson Hospital in 1953
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0014_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of Mellus Hospital, 218 East Grand River Avenue, Brighton, Michigan.  Mellus Hospital was built by Dr. Horace Mellus, and dedicated on February 11, 1931. 

    Mellus Hospital was later the Christian Education Building of the Presbyterian Church, then Michigan Bank, then Leah Gold, and finally became the home of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce for Brighton.
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0015_u.jpg

    McPherson Hospital was located on N. Michigan Ave and Clinton St in Howell, Michigan in 1955
  • Unknown maintenance person

    Photographs of labeled McPherson Hospital, Howell, Michigan in 1958. The persons in most of the photographs are unknown.

    McPherson Memorial Hospital  operated from 1928 to 1958 in the converted mansion given to the City of Howell by the McPherson family, which was located on North Michigan Avenue.  In 1958, McPherson Community Health Center opened as a brand new hospital at 620 Byron Road, Howell, Michigan.
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0056_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Richard Lane, McPherson Hospital, President and CEO, Howell, Michigan,  1981.
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-07-0001_u.jpg

    Photographs of Brighton Hospital, Brighton, Michigan, 1982.  The address was 12851 East Grand River Avenue, Brighton.
  • HCDL-ngp-P007-02-0009_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a police car and two unknown individuals taken in front of the City of Howell Police Station, 121 North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    It shows the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and East Clinton Street, and in the background is McPherson Memorial Hospital.  Note the brick roadway that is Michigan Avenue.
  • HCDL-bd-Healing-Place-Howell-Sanatorium_m.jpg

    Michigan State Sanatorium, Howell State Hospital, Hillcrest Center, Howell, Michigan. In 1890, the Michigan State Board of Health petitioned the state Legislature for money to create and support a Michigan State Sanatorium to care for patients suffering from tuberculosis.

    In 1905, the State legislators approved $20,000 for land acquisition and one year of operating expenses.(HCDL-bd-Healing-Place-Howell-Sanatorium_m.mp4)

    Names Mentioned:

    • tuberculosis
    • Michigan State Sanatorium
    • Fred Euler
    • County Farm Road
    • New York
    • Dr. Trudeau
    • shacks
    • Administration building
    • chapel
    • power plants
    • farm
    • water tower
    • tunnel system
    • lobby 
    • Nellie Lansing Glenn
    • carbolic acid
    • University of Michigan physicians
    • streptomycin
    • Glen Smith
    • cooks
    • Harry Lamb
    • Pauline Bailey
    • Dan Leavenworth
    • Jim Guy
    • Midland Michigan
    • Laundry
    • Clinton Whalen
    • consumption
    • Hillcrest Center for Developmentally Disabled
    • P.A. 111
    • Howell State Hospital
    • unknown persons
    • Marion Township
    • Ruth ??
    • Marily Wilson
    • Ruth and Leslie White
    • Dr. Frank Detterbeck
    • Lou Crawford
    • Ralph Benson
    • Delores  ?Calen
    • Robert ?Calen
    • Livingston County Poor Farm
    • cemetery
    • Blossom Farm
    • Archives of Michigan
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