St. Louis County Hospital - Clayton

St. Louis County Hospital - Clayton The St. Louis County Hospital was a public hospital located at 601 South Brentwood Blvd. in Clayton, Missouri, from 1931-1986.

08/25/2024

The St. Louis County Hospital was a public hospital located at 601 South Brentwood Boulevard in Clayton, Missouri, from 1931-1986.

It was funded by a $1 million bond issue passed by county voters in 1927, and the original building was designed by the architectural firm, Aegerter and Bailey.

Prior to 1931, St. Louis County had no hospital facilities of its own. Patients had to use hospitals in the city of St. Louis. A 1927 bond issue allocating funds for a county hospital passed, and in 1929 construction began on a 28-acre site in Clayton. The non-segregated, 200-bed St. Louis County Hospital opened in July 1931, under the leadership of Dr. Eugene A. Scharff, and it primarily served private, pay patients.

By 1936, the hospital's policy changed to make taking care of indigent County residents their primary role. The County Health Department was also located on the campus.

From 1940 to 1943 a second building (Building II) was added to serve as a health center for both the Hospital and the Health Department.

In 1946, the new building was the site of the first Polio treatment center in the St. Louis area.

In 1962, the third and final unit of the Hospital (Building III) was opened to treat mental patients and chronically ill people over 65 years of age.

In June 1986, inpatient care was discontinued. Many of the functions of the Health Department had been moved to separate facilities, clinics had opened in various areas to better serve their communities, and the facilities at the hospital had become outdated.

In June of 1986, inpatient care at the Hospital campus was discontinued.

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601 South Brentwood Boulevard
Clayton, MO

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