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Located in the Central Ward of Newark, west of the Central Business District, Kenney Memorial Hospital was built in 1927 by Dr. John A. Kenney. This was the first hospital in New Jersey to train African-American doctors and nurses in the era of Jim…

Babies' Hospital was founded in 1896 by Dr. Henry Leber Colt to serve sick children under the age of 5. The hospital began at 2 adjoining buildings on High St. and Bank St. A new building at 15 Roseville Ave. opened in January, 1930. This new…

The North Newark Hospital was transferred to the American Legion around the 1940's, and was renamed the American Legion Memorial Hospital.

The almshouse was a facility used as a mental hospital, and a hospital for the acute and chronically ill, and the dying and destitute. The almshouse was the predecessor to the City Hospital.