Lakewood Hospital was organized by Dr. C. Lee Graber who built the original frame house with the idea that, if the hospital project was unsuccessful, could be converted to a double
Lakewood Hospital opened in 1907. It was a small house with 15 beds and 3 doctors.
The house became the nursing school until it was razed in 1948.
The Lakewood Hospital Building in the photos was built in 1917