What is Mower Hospital?
[[File:Mower Hospital 1863.jpg|thumbnail|This is a [[lithograph]] of Mower Hospital. It was made by James Queen. He made it around the year 1863.]] '''Mower Hospital''' was a [[military]] [[hospital]] in a neighborhood named [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|Chestnut Hill]], which is in the city of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It was built in 1862 for [[soldier]]s who were in the [[American Civil War]]. It was run by the [[United States Army]].<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9534/|work=[[The Library Company of Philadelphia]]|publisher=[[World Digital Library]]|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref> [[Architect]] [[John McArthur, Jr.]] designed the hospital. It was near the [[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad]] so hurt soldiers could be brought to the hospital fast. It was open from January 1863 until May 1865.<ref name=WDL1/> It had room for 40,000 patients.<ref name=LC>{{cite web|title=Recreation and Rehabilitation|url=http://www.librarycompany.org/mcallisterexhibition/section4.htm|work=John A. McAllister's CIvil War: The Philadelphia Home Front|publisher=The Library Company of Philadelphia|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref> It was shaped so that people would not get sicker or get an [[infection]] from other sick and injured people. It had many things for the people who worked there, and for the injured soldiers. People could go to a [[barber shop]] and go [[grocery store|grocery shopping]]. It had lights powered with [[gas]] and fresh water.<ref name=WDL1/> The hospital does not exist anymore. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Hospitals in the United States]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Philadelphia]] [[Category:American Civil War]] [[Category:1862 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1860s establishments in Pennsylvania]]