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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesCity Hospital%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1859The first hospital in Indianapolis, it was originally used to care for Civil War soldiers, then as a charity hospital for theindigent. In the 1880s, it was housed in brick buildings constructed under the direction of Dr. William Niles Wishard.In 1910, it was replaced with new four-story twin structures made of buff brick with tile roofs. In the 1970s, theI.U. School of Medicine took it over and renamed it Wishard Hospital.City Hospital%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1859The first hospital in Indianapolis, it was originally used to care for Civil War soldiers, then as a charity hospital for theindigent. In the 1880s, it was housed in brick buildings constructed under the direction of Dr. William Niles Wishard.In 1910, it was replaced with new four-story twin structures made of buff brick with tile roofs. In the 1970s, theI.U. School of Medicine took it over and renamed it Wishard Hospital.Hospitals