In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds and state-of-the-art facilities. Swedish Hospital bought the facility in 1992, and it continues to serve the community as Swedish Medical Center Ballard Campus.

In this image the wife of hospital Trustee F. R. McAbee, left, shows visitors the emergency room facilities at the new Ballard General Hospital during an open house held the weekend before the opening on December 1, 1954.

Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, November 22, 1954, p. 11