Chicago's Mercy Hospital Has Storied History-- Part 1: Treated Victims of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871

From the November 20, 2018, Chicago Tribune by Lisa Schencker.

A day earlier, there had been a tragic shooting at the hospital where three people were killed.

The hospital has served the Bronzeville community for 160 years

In 1871, victims of the Great Chicago Fire were treated there.

In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt stayed at the hospital after he was shot giving a speech in Milwaukee, the one he continued despite the bullet lodged in his chest.]

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley was born there.

It was the first chartered hospital in Chicago with its origins in an old rooming house near Rush Street and the Chicago River in 1852.  It was founded by Sisters of Mercy.

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