The first floor contained an entry vestibule, reception room, matron’s room, matron’s bedroom, nurses room, pharmacy, doctors’ office, doctors’ bedrooms, four large wards, two small wards, two lavatories, four ward bathrooms, clothes storage room, two sewing rooms, linen closet, dining room, administration room, scullery and storage room. This is likely one of the first uses of such ramps in a hospital setting. On the interior was a series of ramps between floors to make it easier for those who could not climb stairs, either due to disability or because confinement to wheelchair. The two wings of the building contained the hospital wards and measured 25’ x 105.’Īlong the front of the building and partly around the sides, ran a porch ten feet wide. The south side contained two solariums on both the first and second floors (one set each for boys and girls) and the administrative offices. On the north side of the building, the basement was above ground because of the grading of the island. Its general plan is that of a widened letter “H,” with an extension from the middle of the building back and contained three stories and a basement. The hospital is near the center of the island, about 80’ above the low water mark and faces south.
The Burrage Hospital originally comprised a main hospital building measuring 175’ x 160’, two large covered open-air play houses, a bathing pavilion and a dock. The image was shot in front of Burrage Hospital on Bumpkin Island, one of the Boston Harbor islands.
I love digitizing WWI panoramic photos and the photo found above is a great example of an interesting panoramic with some good New England history behind it.
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