Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1954 · Pine St. between 8th & 9th Sts., Philadelphia

This is the first hospital in the U.S. Chartered by Colonial Assembly in 1751 for "relief of the sick poor." Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond were its chief founders. First building, erected in 1755, is still used.

under a mile from where Heinrich Schmaus lived in the 1740s

what this marker records spans 1751 to 1755, overlapping Heinrich Schmaus's years here

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