View of St. Elizabeths' fire house from the Center Building

ID: 4353 ~ Source: United States General Services Administration ~ Date: 1897

This file appears in: Fire House, Saint Elizabeths: The St. Elizabeths Hospital Fire House is an important example of the intended self-sufficiency of the campus.

This file appears in: Fire House, Saint Elizabeths: The St. Elizabeths Hospital Fire House is an important example of the intended self-sufficiency of the campus.

Fire House, Saint Elizabeths: The St. Elizabeths Hospital Fire House is an important example of the intended self-sufficiency of the campus.

By The DC Historic Sites team

St. Elizabeths Hospital strived for self-sufficiency. Leaders of the hospital wanted it to be able to provide for itself and made it their mission to develop a range of services on-campus to address…