183 Main Street
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Description
The house on 183 Main St was among the first buildings built with money from grants to the island after Confederation 1867. Originally t was built as a Marine hospital for American sailors. Before the Marine hospital was built, Mrs. P.W. Robertson cared for the sick sailors at Waldron Dingwell's home. In 1885 Mary Welsh became the first patient in the hospital because of an outbreak of Smallpox.
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- Title
- 183 Main Street
- Creator
- Subject
- Heritage homes
- Description
- The house on 183 Main St was among the first buildings built with money from grants to the island after Confederation 1867. Originally t was built as a Marine hospital for American sailors. Before the Marine hospital was built, Mrs. P.W. Robertson cared for the sick sailors at Waldron Dingwell's home. In 1885 Mary Welsh became the first patient in the hospital because of an outbreak of Smallpox.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Date
- Type
- StillImage
- Format
- Identifier
- cap:1716
- Source
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Souris Collection
- Coverage
- North America--Canada--Lot 45--Kings--Souris, 46.353237, -62.241611
- Rights
- The Island Narratives Program has gained permission to make the obtained data publicly available in electronic and/or print form and to disperse the information for the purposes of education and community awareness.