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St. Joseph's Health Centre / PRHC Rogers St. Site
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St. Joseph's Health Centre / PRHC Rogers St. Site
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Six buildings (though all connected) that are pretty well boarded up at ground level. Upper floors are in really good shape other than some light demo work. Ground floor and basement tunnels are lightly flooded and pretty heavily decayed. Air quality is awful, and exterior signs warn of asbestos. There's still a lot of stretchers, wheel chairs, medical equipment, computer equipment (ranging from a fibre optic feed to big old five and a quarter inch floppy disks), records, x-rays... You'd need a full 8-10 hour day to see all there is to see here.
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Type: Buildings
Status: Repurposed
Accessibility: Easy - rent an apartment!
Recommendation: forget it - It's luxury apartments now
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asbestos
unsafe flooring
air quality
partial interior demolition
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The chapel dates from the original 1890 structure, the rest of which was demolished in 1969. The "A" wing dates from 1922. Other buildings came along in 1947 (nurse's residence / power plant) 1950, and 1964. All buildings are connected, in some cases by tunnels. There's a dead end steam tunnel that used to lead to the former "Marycrest Home for the Aged".
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fences
part-time guard
locked gates
wooden boarding
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flashlight
breathing mask
gloves
long pants / sleeves
make the 'breathing mask' a P100 respirator, according to signs outside
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steel-toed or rubber boots; the basements are a bit wet, and there are syringes and things VERYWHERE
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From: http://www.prhc.on...Our%20History.aspx
St. Joseph's Health Centre History
Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph, the city's second hospital, St. Joseph's, opened as a 25-bed facility in 1890. Named after St. Joseph to inspire diligence, charity and cordiality, the sisters worked 10-hour days without compensation to pay for the $20,000 hospital, to which 54 people were admitted the first year. St. Joseph's operated on $4,716.20 that year.
St. Joseph's was dedicated on August 20, 1890, at which time Bishop R. A. O'Connor declared the hospital's philosophy would be based on the nature of the whole person, their dignity and worth, regardless of social or economic status, colour or creed.
A nursing school with a strong academic foundation and an emphasis on holistic health care and the development of a spirit of generous service to humankind, opened in 1906. The first class, consisting of six sisters and one lay woman, graduated in 1909. The school operated until 1973 when nursing schools in the province were transferred to community colleges. Sir Sandford Fleming College's training program was then associated with St. Joseph's as it is with the Peterborough Regional Health Centre today.
Construction started again in 1908, when a three-storey addition that included an elevator and space for 12 beds was erected. In 1921, the cornerstone was laid for a five-storey addition, which would provide space for several operating rooms, an obstetrics department, a doctor's lounge and 60 more beds.
Increasing demand for services prompted further construction in 1922, 1947, 1950 and 1963, which increased the bed compliment to 224.
In 1974, a rationalization of services saw St. Joseph's obstetrical service close and move to the Civic Hospital. The facility was then used to establish a centralized orthopedic service. In 1983, the pediatric unit closed and also moved to the Civic Hospital while general beds were added at St. Joseph's. Further rationalization of services saw the emergency department consolidated at the Civic Hospital and rheumatology and ophthalmology services at St. Joseph's.
Until September 1998, the hospital was owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph and governed by a Board of Trustees. St. Joseph's received full accreditation in 1959, which it maintained until 1998, when it was directed to be closed by the Health Services Restructuring Commission, a provincially appointed body which reviewed the provision of hospital services in Ontario. The former St. Joseph's Health Centre then became known as the Rogers Street Site of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. It remained open until the construction of the new Peterborough Regional Health Centre was complete. The facility closed its doors on June 8, 2008 and was put up for sale.
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The property is owned by the TVM Group. According to this page, they don't yet have firm plans for the site. Locals fear complete demolition as the cost of renovation may be prohibitive. Currently, the building permit allows for interior demolition of the nurses residence, though some light demolition work has been done in other parts of the hospital as well.
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