Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, South Bend,IN. Opened in 1894 as Epworth Hospital and Training School,
It changed to Memorial in 1945. Closed in 1988.
Memorial Hospital of South Bend traces its roots back to 1894, when the Women's Home Missionary Societies of the Methodist Churches of South Bend founded Epworth Hospital and Training School. By 1901, the hospital had grown from three patient beds in a converted house to a 50-bed "modern" hospital - complete with a maternity room and an operating room in the first building in South Bend designed specifically as a hospital. The name officially changed in 1945 to Memorial Hospital of South Bend. Opened in 1894 as Epworth Hospital and Training School. It changed to Memorial hospital of South Bend School of Nursing in 1945. It closed its doors in 1988.Through a partnership with IUSB, Memorial Hospital has gradually phased nursing education out of its program, except for placements of students in its hospital and clinical units.
Students of the former Memorial Hospital School of Nursing seeking transcripts and other records may contact the Indiana State Archives at 317-591-5222 or search the Indiana State Digital Archives online. Choose the "Misc Historical Records" Record Series and the "Closed Indiana Nursing Schools" Title, then enter a name to search.
