This impressive building on Broadway Ave in Glendale opened in the late 1880s as the 75-room Glendale Hotel. I would imagine it was one of those places that catered to East Coast people wealthy enough to escape the winters for the kinder Los Angeles climate. This photo was taken circa 1905, when it was still a hotel, but in 1922 it became the Glendale Sanitarium. I couldn’t much information on the sanitarium, but it seems that in 1966 it became the Glendale Adventist Hospital. It seems a pretty nice place to recuperate, if you ask me.
** UPDATE ** The Glendale Sanitarium stood at Broadway and Isobel Ave, a site now occupied by the Glendale civic center. This image is from August 2022.
Corrections from Bruce M: “The Glendale Hotel was built in 1886-87 to attract tourists (and potential residents) to Glendale. It had hardly been completed when it closed because of the severe recession in the late 1880s. It then operated as St. Hilda’s Hall, an Episcopal girls school, from 1889 to 1896. The first photo above is when it was St. Hilda’s. The school closed in 1896 and the building sat empty until 1905 when it was purchased by the Adventists and run as the Glendale Sanitarium (which is now Glendale Adventist Hospital). The hospital moved to its current location in the 1920s.”
This undated exterior view (I’m guessing 1960s, but it’s purely a guess) of the old Glendale Sanitarium with a sign saying it is being moved to a new home at 1509 E. Wilson.
And here are a couple of interesting advertisements:
The following images were supplied by Daniel Sullivan from a brochure in his possession:
“Battle Creek Plan”. Lots of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, then. 🙂
Ah! So *that* is why “Battle Creek” sounded familiar. Thanks MMM!
I suspect that in between the Sanitarium and the Adventist Medical Center, it was the Glendale Research Hospital, where I was born. (Not sure why since my parents lived on DeLongpre in Hollywood) I’ve not been able to find any information on the Research Hospital, so thanks!
I was born at the Glendale Sanitorium and Hospital that is where my birth certificate is from with a picture of the buildings on the front, in late 1959 the actual document is now lost, but my parents lived in Burbank at the time, always thought it was cool that I was born in a sanitarium!
I was born there too, 1958. My mom was a secretary in the nursing department there. She loved working there.
Glendale has an official history document online. What I have is an earlier printed book stashed somewhere. IIRC, the hotel fizzled at the start, perhaps even before they could serve a single meal. It was then used as a school before becoming the sanitarium. So, maybe these are students? The first Glendale Union High School went up close to brand which must have been a relief to the kids in Tropico if that’s where they went after joining the city. The later high school was moved eastward to Verdugo Road between Broadway & Colorado. Other high schools were also added with the era of expansion. Marion Morrison, aka John Wayne, attended the old high school where he began his football career that ended abruptly in college and led to the film days.
I was born at the Glendale Sanitorium and Hospital that is where my birth certificate is from with a picture of the buildings on the front, in late 1959 the actual document is now lost, but my parents lived in Burbank at the time, always thought it was cool that I was born in a sanitarium!
I was born here in 1963. Not sure which side but sometimes I think I can guess. 🤣
I’d my tonsils and adnoids taken out at this hospital in 12/1961 I was 8 1/2 years old I was born at Glendale community hospital on 6/2/1953 and I had my inguinal hernia operations there as a baby left side 11 1/2 months and child right side 17 months old in 1954
Oh boy, Gary, you sure went through the wringer when you were a young’un!
Some corrections: The Glendale Hotel was built in 1886-87 to attract tourists (and potential residents) to Glendale. It had hardly been completed when it closed because of the severe recession in the late 1880s. It then operated as St. Hilda’s Hall, an Episcopal girls school, from 1889 to 1896. The first photo above is when it was St. Hilda’s. The school closed in 1896 and the building sat empty until 1905 when it was purchased by the Adventists and run as the Glendale Sanitarium (which is now Glendale Adventist Hospital). The hospital moved to its current location in the 1920s.
Thanks for those corrections, Bruce. Much appreciated.