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Tanner's Hospital

Coordinates: 47°54′14″N 91°51′49.4″W / 47.90389°N 91.863722°W / 47.90389; -91.863722
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Tanner's Hospital
Tanner's Hospital viewed from the northwest
Tanner's Hospital is located in Minnesota
Tanner's Hospital
Tanner's Hospital is located in the United States
Tanner's Hospital
Location204 E. Camp Street,
Ely, Minnesota
Coordinates47°54′14″N 91°51′49.4″W / 47.90389°N 91.863722°W / 47.90389; -91.863722
AreaLess than one acre
Built1901
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80004342[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1980

Tanner's Hospital, later known as Carpenter's Hospital, is a former hospital building in Ely, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1901 as a moneymaking enterprise due to the high disease rate in the area. This was a consequence of low investment in sanitation infrastructure in the mining boomtowns of the Iron Range, where the long-term existence of any given community was unpredictable.[2] It was later converted into the "Lakeview" apartments that existed from the 1950s to the 1980s.[citation needed] Tanner's Hospital was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its local significance in the themes of architecture, commerce, and health/medicine.[3] It was nominated as an emblem of this early period of entrepreneurial medicine before health and wellness were seen as public concerns.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Skrief, Charles (1979-09-10). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Carpenter's Hospital". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-07-11. With two accompanying photos from 1979
  3. ^ "Tanner's Hospital". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-07-11.