Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Maine Medical Center formed in 1951, with the merger of Maine General Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. A major new addition to the current complex was required to accommodate the growing hospital, and necessitated the demolition of homes on Bramhall Street. Arsenal Street was closed to make way for the building, which was constructed over it, and nine Bramhall Street houses were purchased and demolished. As the opening of the new facility neared, patients put off elective surgery so they could be among the first to receive treatment at the new Maine Medical Center.
About This Item
- Title: Demolition of Bramhall Street residence, Portland, ca. 1953
- Creation Date: circa 1953
- Subject Date: circa 1953
- Location: West End, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4221, Box 111, Folder 5
- Collection: Maine Medical Center collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Automobiles
- Construction workers
- Hospital buildings--Design and construction
- Hospitals--Employees
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Maine Medical Center (Portland, Me.)
- Wrecking
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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