Smallpox Memorial Hospital
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Melissa Carl
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"Located on Roosevelt Island (take the tram!), the Renwick Smallpox Hospital opened in 1856. The hospital was placed to be completely quarantined from the rest of the city in order to keep smallpox under control. During the hospital’s 19-year run, it treated approximately 7,000 patients a year, with about 450 patients dying there annually."
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Jon Barr
"From 1856 to 1875 this is where New York housed its small pox patients, in a hospital. Roosevelt Island was the perfect destination because of it's isolation from the rest of the city. Admire the architecture as it's now on the National Register of Historic Places List. There is a proposal to turn this into a COVID-19 memorial!"
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