Polaroid photograph of the partially demolished north end of Saint Joseph Hospital on the corner of Broadway and Main Street in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana.

This end of the building faces Main Street. The part that was demolished included the emergency department's ambulance entrance. Ambulances actually drove inside the building, up a ramp to the emergency room doors. Interestingly, although demolition began on the north end of the building, they stopped after completing the work seen in this photograph and moved to the south end of the building. The north end ended up being the very last part demolished! This end of the building was the newest part of the building; it was both the last part of Saint Joseph Hospital to be constructed, and the last part to be demolished.

7-11-22

About The Hospital:

Founded in 1869, Saint Joseph Hospital was the oldest hospital in Fort Wayne. It closed in November, 2021 and demolition began in 2022.

Originally a Roman Catholic hospital, Saint Joseph was sold years ago to a big for-profit company that also owns Lutheran Hospital and Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne. The company built a new, much smaller hospital one block over on the corner of Main Street and Van Buren Street to replace the aging Saint Joseph Hospital. The Saint Joseph name was not kept; the new hospital is called "Lutheran Downtown."