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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesCity Hospital%u2014%u2014Peru, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1911In 1908, Capt. Aaron Dukes donated $35,000 to build a hospital in Peru. Called City Hospital, it wascompleted in 1911, just after Dukes died, but there wasn%u2019t enough money to run the facility,so it remained empty until 1913. In 1923 it was renamed Dukes Hospital, and In 1928, it was deededto the county. After a $5 million expansion in 1974, the original Dukes building was demolished.City Hospital%u2014%u2014Peru, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1911In 1908, Capt. Aaron Dukes donated $35,000 to build a hospital in Peru. Called City Hospital, it wascompleted in 1911, just after Dukes died, but there wasn%u2019t enough money to run the facility,so it remained empty until 1913. In 1923 it was renamed Dukes Hospital, and In 1928, it was deededto the county. After a $5 million expansion in 1974, the original Dukes building was demolished.Hospitals