Title: Allison Hospital

Summary: Aerial view of Allison Hospital on Allison Island, 250 W 63rd Street, Miami Beach.

Collection Title: The Florida Photograph Collection.

Collection No.: ASM0300

Archive: asm03000000560001001.tif

Container: Box No. 2; Folder Title: Miami Beach.

Physical Description: 1 black and white photograph

Coverage Spatial: Miami Beach (Fla.)

Genre: Photographs; Aerial views

Digital ID: asm03000000560001001

Note: This three-story building was built in 1924 by August Geiger in the "Spanish Style" and it opened on January 1, 1926. It was commissioned by Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Jim Allison (James Ashbury Allison, 1872-1928), a friend of Carl G. Fisher, who constructed it as a sort of hospital for the rich. Allison Hospital was unsuccessful, however. The Franciscans purchased it and renamed it St. Francis Hospital in 1928. Later, the hospital became a part of the Miami Heart Institute. It was demolished in 2001.

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: I General Photographs

Subject: Allison Hospital (Miami Beach, Fla.); Allison Island (Fla.); Hospital architecture; Islands; Bridges;

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Allison Hospital