Silas Jacobson, the same St. Paul architect who designed the Hotel Jorgenson, also designed the Hutchinson Hospital.
Constructed: Nov. 1, 1921 to Sept. 19, 1922
Location: South Glen Street adjacent to South Park, site of Park Towers
Architecture: “Colonial type of design”
Torn down: March 19, 1973
The Hutchinson Hospital above is part of a 20-week series of Lost Hutchinson buildings. Watch the Tuesday print edition for more information about the Hutchinson Hospital. If any readers have other photos, renderings or information about this building, please post them here or send them to: Hutchinson Leader, 36 Washington Ave. W., Hutchinson, MN 55350.
A collection of information published in the Lost Hutchinson series as well as reader submitted photos and remembrances will be published in a magazine later this year.
If you missed the Lost Hutchinson series last week, click on the link below.

The vari-colored brick used...
Back to page topThe vari-colored brick used for the Hutchinson Hospital were the same as used on the grand stand and dairy barn at the Minnesota State Fair. Since Hutchinson's Hospital was completed in 1922, these State Fair buidlings must have been built around the same time.
The Leader reported the "old" hospital used prior to building the "new" hospital in 1922, was too small. If any readers know of the "old" hospital's location or have pictures of either, please post them here or send to the Leader at the address above.
Hutchinson Hospital from a...
Back to page topHutchinson Hospital from a post card stamped 1927:

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