NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
BEVERLY’S NEW HOSPITAL 
Dedicatory Exercises Held Tuesday. New Hospital Cost $100,000. Description 
of Buildings 
The new Beverly Hospital, off Her- 
rick street, not far from the Montserrat 
station, was dedicated Tuesday after- 
noon. The new hospital cost about 
$100,000 and consists of three buildings 
connected by corridors with fireproof 
dividing doors and a fourth building for 
the boiler house and laundry. 
President Charles Woodberry presided 
at the dedication exercises. “Ihe prayer 
was by the Rev. Edward Everett Hale 
of Boston. The speakers were Mayor 
S. Harvey Dow, Augustus P. Loring, 
Dr. Paul Thorndike of Boston and Dr. 
Charles W. Haddock of Beverly. The 
hospital was open for public inspection 
W ednesday afternoon. 
[In locating a hospital in New England 
some of the things to be desired are sun- 
light, a sufficient elevation above the sur- 
rounding country, protection from the 
cold east winds, freedom from disturbing 
noises, good drainage and an outlook on 
quiet, undisturbing scenery. It is gen- 
erally possible that some of these con- 
ditions can be found but very rarely all. 
But in the Beverly Hospital the site se- 
lected possesses all of these good qual- 
ities. 
The main group consists of the Ad- 
ministration building, three stories; the 
Pavilion, two stories, and the Operating 
building, one story. , 
The Administration building is placed 
in what will be the centre of a group 
when all the buildings are built. The 
second Pavilion and the 
Nurses’ Home are yet to 
be built. The buildings 
are designed (in so far as 
the conditions of a hospit- 
al would allow) in the 
early colonial style so pre- 
valent in Salem and Bev- 
erly, with the high portico 
and the simple detail. 
Entering the main or 
Administration building 
through the three — story 
portion with its monolithic 
concrete columns, one 
comes first to the main 
hospital office with con- 
necting telephones to all 
buildings, call bells, an- 
nunciators, etc. Next to 
this, on the right, is the 
waiting or Trustees’ room. 
Opposite is the suite for 
the superintendent, con- 
sisting of sitting-room, bed 
room fand_ bath. The 
pharmacy on the left and 
the interne’s room and 
bath on the right com- 
plete the front portion, 
In the rear of the cross corridor is the 
main staircase leading to the floors above. 
The elevator, of sufficient size to take 
from the walls. The shelving is of 
metal and slate. A large working pantry 
adjoins. Here, too, all shelving is clear 
from the walls. The floors of the 
kitchen and dependencies are of a_thor- 
oughly aseptic quality. They are what 
is known as the Puritan floor. 
In the front portion on the second 
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THe New BeEverRLY HOsPITAL AS IT IS TODAY 
the wheel stretcher, bed or food carriage, 
is on the left. The nurses’ dining-room 
is large and commodious, connected to 
the kitchen through a serving room. 
‘Lhe: kitchen, 22) by 25 téets 4s. sa 
model of convenience. ‘The 8 ft. range 
is in the centre of the room, with the 
steam and gas cookers joining. ‘The 
walls of this room are entirely free from 
Even the sinks are kept away 
fixtures. 
FuANs OFRGROUNDS: OF 22a 
THE BREVERLY HOSPITAL. Bevery, Mass, 
KENDALL TAYLOR & STEVENS a : 
EDWARD F.. STEVENS ARCHITECTS, BOSTON, 
story are located the best private rooms 
in the hospital. Of the seven private 
rooms two have open fireplaces and four 
have direct connection with the airing 
balconies. The windows are so arranged 
that a patient may be wheeled without 
leaving his bed to the open air. Toilets, 
lockers, linen closets and medicine closet 
complete the front portion. 
In the rear hzlf of this oor is located 
