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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesIn 1908, when Indiana University located its Indianapolis School of Medicine on the former campus of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, there was no teaching hospital, and its medical students had to travel to City Hospital for their medical rotations. With funding unavailable for building a new hospital, it was a frustrating state of affairs, that seemed to have no ready solution. Then, in 1911, a local Indianapolis physician, Robert Long, donated money for the construction of the much needed facility. The next year, work began on what would be called the Robert W. Long Hospital. It was located on west side of downtown. Completed on June 15, 1914, it was actually the new I.U. Medical School campus%u2019 first building. With 138 beds, it would initially serve the area%u2019s rural poor. Although Long%u2019s money allowed for the hospital%u2019s erection, it was the State of Indiana that covered its operating expenses. Over the next several decades, the surrounding land%u2014consisting of a cornfield, a dump, and a swamp%u2014were transformed into an up-to-date scientifically focused campus. Eventually, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children opened in 1924, followed by the William H. Coleman Hospital for Women in 1927. These two institutions joined the Robert W. Long Hospital, to provide three teaching facilities for I.U. medical students. In addition, the Long Hospital was home to Indiana University%u2019s first Training School for Nurses.Robert W. Long Hospital%u2014%u2014I.U. School Of Medicine%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1914Was a national model for teaching hospitals until its closing in 1970 when the Indiana University Hospitalopened. Now an academic and administrative facility, housing classrooms, laboratories and clinics.Hospitals