Saturday, May 8, 2010

Theodore B. Wilcox Memorial Hospital


Today it seems an anachronism, this 1920s building in the midst of the modern Good Samaritan campus. But this building was named after a man who was considered "one of Portland's first great industrialists, one of the first to systematically develop a market for American products in China, and a leading factor in the early expansion of transpacific steamship service."

15 comments:

  1. I was born at Wilcox Memorial and would love to know a bit more about it.

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    1. It is now used as Good Samaritan's Administration Building.

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  2. I was born here in 1948 and would love to see a picture of it from that era.

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  3. I, too, was born there in 1945. My dad never returned after WWII. My mother subsequently married his brother. But some day I hope to see him in the next life.

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  4. I was born there on the third floor in 1956.

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  5. I was born there in 1956, I think at 3:00 am

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  6. Born wilcox in 51. Dan Hiscoe

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  7. Born here 01-17-1053...

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  8. I was born there in January 1954 would like to see pictures of the old place.

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  9. I just started working in this building, I'm from a big city in the Midwest and fond of old buildings. Would definitely like to see old pictures! As I currently live and breathe in this old gem.

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  10. My late mother was born here in 1946 and always liked to remind me that the building where she was born was still standing.

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  11. I was born at Wilcox memorial on Nov 6th, 1954. At approx 5 a.m. anyone on the same day?

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  12. I was born at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Dec 1960 - Any pictures of it during that era?

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