1876 hospital bldg Subject 1 Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, Colo.) --history Subject 2 Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kan.) Subject 3 Hospitals, Religious--history--Colorado Description Donations from Colorado Governors William Gilpin and John Evans brought the Sisters to their permanent site on 18th Avenue. Built from the ground up, the $40,000.00 three-story brick 30-bed hospital was named St. Joseph’s Hospital to honor the foster father of Jesus as well as Bishop Joseph Machebeuf, who had invited the Sisters to Colorado. In its first year of operation, patient count rose from 88 to 168. According to most records left by the Sisters of Charity, the hospital was built and put to use in 1876. Other sources indicate that the structure wasn’t completed until 1878 (Fishell, Dave. Towers of Healing: The First 125 Years of Denver's Saint Joseph Hospital. Denver, Colorado: Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation, 1999, p 45.) Publisher Saint Joseph Hospital Historic Archives Date Original circa 1876 Date Digital 2008-02-05 Type Still image Format image/jpeg Rights