http://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Riverside_Hospital,_NY&feed=atom&action=historyRiverside Hospital, NY - Revision history2024-03-28T09:44:25ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0http://asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Riverside_Hospital,_NY&diff=31115&oldid=prevDThomas: Created page with "{{infobox institution | name = Riverside Hospital | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = | established = 1885 | construction_began = | construction_ended = | op..."2015-11-15T17:27:05Z<p>Created page with "{{infobox institution | name = Riverside Hospital | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = | established = 1885 | construction_began = | construction_ended = | op..."</p>
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| established = 1885<br />
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| opened = 1885<br />
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| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]] <br />
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| location = North Brother Island, NY<br />
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*North Brother Island<br />
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==History==<br />
Riverside State Hospital, or North Brother Island as it is commonly known, was uninhibited until 1885 when the city of New York purchased the Island to construct a quarantine hospital for people with diseases that included smallpox, typhoid, polio, measles, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. Many patients from the Renwick Small Pox Hospital were relocated to North brother Island.</div>DThomas