1924 – Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada

The architects Edward Fletcher Stevens (1860–1946) and Frederick Clare Lee designed hospitals in the U.S. and Canada including Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal; Ottawa Civic Hospital; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto; and portions of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. The Ottawa Civic Hospital opened with 550 beds to replace three aging hospitals. In 1921, the construction of the Civic hospital was estimated to cost $1,500,000.

“The amalgamation of a number of smaller hospitals in one city and the pooling of interests, as it were, and then building one institution of sufficient size, enlarged equipment, and added facilities for research and diagnostic purposes, are noticeable in Canada’s latest large hospital. The Protestant, General, St. Luke’s, and the Maternity Hospitals of Ottawa have so gotten together, with the result that a larger and more comprehensive institution is now in process of construction, which is to be known as the Ottawa Civic Hospital.”
Construction, December 1920

“The exterior of the building, as will be noted in the accompanying illustration, is of red brick with stone trimmings, and presents a simple and substantial appearance without undue expense for ornamentation, but of sufficient dignity to conform to the needs of such an important institution.”
Construction, December 1920

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