Portsmouth Naval Hospital

Portsmouth County · dedicated 1948 · Hospital Point Park, across Rixey Place from Building 1

This was begun in 1827 and opened in 1830. The hospital was taxed to its capacity in the great yellow fever epidemic of 1855 which decimated Portsmouth and Norfolk. This hospital has cared for the sick and wounded of the Navy in all wars of the United States since its establishment. It is the oldest hospital of the Navy.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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