12 The Story of The Bronx 



ished, it will be one of the most beautiful buildings in the 

 Borough. 



Two other organizations, the Bronx Society of Arts and 

 Sciences, founded in 1904, and the Bronx Beautiful Society, 

 founded in January, 19 12, have been established for the 

 development of the Borough on its intellectual and aesthetic 

 sides. 



Besides the Seton Hospital and the Home for Incurables, 

 mentioned elsewhere, there are six great hospitals within 

 the Borough. Fordham Hospital, under the Department of 

 Charities, was established in 1882 at Valentine Avenue and 

 1 88th Street, whence it removed to the old Eden mansion at 

 Aqueduct Avenue and 190th Street. Since May 1, 1907, it 

 has occupied the new building at Crotona Avenue and South- 

 ern Boulevard, not far from the Bronx "Zoo," a location 

 which will always be of the best, as it is surrounded by open, 

 public park spaces, and it will never have its air and light cut 

 off, nor fail to receive a supply of clear, pure air. Another 

 city hospital is Riverside, situated on North Brother Island, 

 where contagious and infectious diseases are taken care of. 

 There are accommodations for five hundred patients. 



Lincoln Hospital is situated at East 141st Street and 

 Southern Boulevard. It was originally incorporated in 1845 

 under the name of the Colored Home, and was located at 

 65th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan, until September 7, 

 1898, when it was moved to its present site into the new 

 buildings especially erected. The name was changed to 

 Lincoln Hospital and Home in i860. No color line is drawn 

 in the hospital service, but the training school for nurses 

 attached to the institution is restricted to colored women. 

 The institution is maintained principally by subscriptions 

 and donations, though it also receives aid from the city. 



