Columbia Hospital

In 1889 a charter was granted to the United Presbyterian Women's Association of North America for the "establishment and maintenance of a hospital for the medical and surgical treatment and the nursing of the sick and disabled and conducting a school for the training of nurses."

After many years of planning and hard work, the Columbia Hospital opened its doors in 1906.

A bronze tablet was placed on the wall of the vestibule inscribed with the name of Dr. Jane Vincent, the first president of the hospital board. A small street opened through the rear of the property, was named Vincent Way, and a minor operating room also was set apart as a memorial to Dr. Vincent.

Facing the main entrance of the handsomely vestibuled hospital building was a new beautiful stained glass window, presented by the Board of Managers as a tribute to Mrs. Sara McWhinney Burchfeld, the first Vice President of the hospital.

Wilkinsburg was justly proud of this new addition to the town, this fireproof building with its white glass operating room and perfect ventilating system.

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