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

Most of the hospital has been pulled down, leaving only this small tower, which had been the north end of the building.

Workers on a manlift are attaching cables to the exposed steel frame of the building. The other end of each cable will be attached to one of the excavators that had been used to break apart the lower walls. The plan is to have the machines pull the building down. An attempt was made later in the evening, but it failed.

10-31-22

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."