Hand's Hospital
N 40° 26.346 W 080° 04.401
17T E 578590 N 4476907
A quarantine hospital was set up here, a safe distance and across the river from Fort Pitt. Now it's a busy city neighborhood!
Waymark Code: WMW89
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2006
Views: 43
Marker Text:
On this site was located the isolation hospital erected in 1777 by Gen. Edward Hand to care for troops at Fort Pitt. Blockhouses protected the original two-story log structure.
Marker Name: Hand's Hospital
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 12/24/1946
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 60 (Steuben St.) at Linden St., Crafton
Category: Military, French & Indian War
Website: Not listed
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