WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DIXIE PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
551 South 300 EastSt. George, UT 84770
Telephone 610 in the 1954 telephone book (Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital)
Telephone ORchard 3-3535 in the 1958 telephone book (Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital)
Telephone ORchard 3-3535 in the 1961 telephone book (Dixie Hospital)
Telephone 673-3535 in the 1972 telephone book (Dixie Hospital)
Located on the east side of 300 East and just north of 600 South, facing west.
It was on the site of what is now the parking lot just outside of the Women's Services entrance of the DRMC 400 East Campus.
HISTORY
In 1952, Washington County residents pooled their resources to build and open the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital replacing the old McGregor Hospital. It opened on August 6, 1952 and was owned & operated by Washington County.Effie Marie Cottam was Supervisor of Nursing. One of the night nurses was Edith Sproul Seegmiller.
In the 1970s, it had 41 patient beds.
Dr. Craig Booth began his career in 1973 as a family practice physician as the sixth member of the medical staff at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
In 1975, the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital was expanded to accomodate regional growth and became the Dixie Medical Center.
The old Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital building was torn down, probably in the early 1990s as DRMC expanded and remodeled the 400 East Women's Services area.
PHOTOS
WCHS-00792 Front of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital on the east side of 300 East
Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-01882 Photo of the main entrance of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01883 Photo of the front of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01884 Photo of the front of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01885 Photo of the front of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01886 Photo of the back side of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01887 Photo of the lobby of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01888 Photo of Marie Cottam at the switchboard of the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01889 Photo of a semi-private patient room in the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01890 Photo of an operating room in the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01891 Photo of a patient getting an x-ray at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01892 Photo of a technician doing lab work at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01893 Photo of the nursery at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01894 Photo of a nurse and gas storage tanks at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01895 Photo of the kitchen at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01896 Photo of two people talking in the kitchen at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01897 Photo of two women working in the laundry at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01898 Photo of a man working with the boilers at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01899 Photo of Fred K. Holbrook working in his office at the Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital
WCHS-01900 Photo of Fred K. Holbrook
WCHS-01917 Photo of Nurse Marie Cottam
REFERENCES
IHC Dixie Regional Medical Center HistoryDixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital Dedicatory Service Program
Saturday, August 2, 1952, 7:30 P.M.
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Hospital Miscellaneous Information, 1952-1953
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Service Report, 1953
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Statement of Income and Expenses, 1953
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Dixie Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Letterhead, 1953
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
St. George Hospital Head Named, Fred K. Holbrook ... directs new hospital
Newspaper clipping, Tuesday, June 24, 1952
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Documents about Fred Holbrook moving to the Tooele Valley Hospital
Tooele Utah, Friday, July 24, 1953
This page appears to be from Fred Holbrook's scrapbook
Video: History of Healthcare in Washington County
A 34-minute interview with Elwood Harrison
Recorded on November 29, 2012