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Rebecca Sealy Hospital was an eight-story hospital, and one of five hospitals on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded in 1866 as St. Mary's Hospital , a private, Catholic, general hospital, but was purchased in 1996 by the Sealy & Smith Foundation . [ 3 ]
Sealy opened on January 10, 1890. It was founded by the widow and brother of one of the richest citizens of Texas, John Sealy after his death.Accompanied by the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, which was opened two months after the hospital, the foundation became the primary teaching facility of University of Texas Medical Branch opened in October 1891.
Location of Galveston County in Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Galveston County, Texas. There are 10 districts, 73 individual properties, and four former properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Galveston Island (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach , is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County .
Houston co-founder and Galveston City Company investor John Kirby Allen purchased the property in 1838, but died that July. [2] By 1843, a cousin had deeded the property to Menard's third wife, Mary Jane (Clemens) Riddle Menard. She lived in the house until her death in December 1843. Michel Menard married Rebecca Mary Bass and adopted her two ...
The brick walls were made thirteen inches thick, to help protect against humidity and add strength to the structure. The interior of the home was laid out and designed around a central hall floor plan. Brown's wife, Rebecca Ashton, named the home in honor of one of her ancestors, Lt. Isaac Ashton, a hero in the U.S. Revolutionary War. [2] [4]
The Sealy & Smith Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Texas and based in the island city of Galveston.It was established in 1922 by John Sealy, II and his sister Jennie Sealy Smith [3] [4] with a charter stating a mission to:
The house survived the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, which devastated the island. After the storm, it was the second-oldest surviving house on the island. [16] [Notes 1] During the reconstruction of the city, the grade of the populated portion of the island was raised. Four feet (1.2 m) of sand was pumped under the house, giving it the appearance ...