Queen of Angels Hospital: Difference between revisions

The '''Queen of Angels Hospital''' was a [[private hospital]] complex located at 2301 Bellevue Avenue in the [[Echo Park, Los Angeles|Echo Park]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]. The 404-bed hospital<ref name="Ford">{{cite news |last1= Ford |first1= Andrea |title= For Health Reasons ... : Queen of Angels Closes Its Doors, Moves In With a Partner |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1989-01-27 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-27-me-1686-story.html}}</ref> was founded in 1926 by the [[Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart]] and built by architect [[Albert C. Martin Sr.|Albert C. Martin, Sr.]]. The hospital served the local community and ran a nursing school. After its closure, the hospital served as a film set for the local film and television industry. The property was eventually sold to the [[Assembly of God]] church and is now known as the [[Dream Center]].<ref name="Mozingo" />

Due to its proximity to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], several notable people were born ( [[Michael Reagan]],<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=maureen+reagan+born+hospital+los+angeles&pg=PA2|title=Twice Adopted|last2=Denney|first2=James D.|last3=Denney|first3=Jim|date=2004|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8054-3144-5|language=en}}</ref> [[Bob Beemer]], [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry Crosby]],<ref name="LAT Obit">{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Richard | first2= Ted Jr.| last2 = Thackrey, Jr. |title=From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1977-10-15}}</ref> [[Marcia Reed]],<ref name="SOC_2001">{{cite journal |title=Marcia Reed |journal=Operating Cameraman |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://issuu.com/cameraoperators/docs/soc_co_2001springsummer |publisher=Society of Operating Camermen}}</ref> [[Madeleine Stowe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/laculture/lastory/2012/02/01/madeleine-stowe1|title=Madeleine Stowe|work=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> [[Mike Thaler]],<ref name="mikethaler">{{cite web |last1=Thaler |first1=Mike |author-link1=Mike Thaler |title=Biography |url=https://mikethaler.com/bio/ |website=mikethaler.com |access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> [[Victoria Vetri]]<ref name="Lisanti">{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786431724}}</ref>) or died ([[Esther Dale]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Esther Dale, Actress, Dies in Hospital|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9909616/independent/|work=Independent|agency=Associated Press|date=July 24, 1961|location=California, Long Beach|page=10|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = 2017-03-29}} {{Open access}}</ref> [[John Harvey Gahan]],<ref name="Corral">{{cite web |title=Oscar Gahan |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/henchie4.htm |website=Old Corral |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> [[Linda Loredo]],<ref name="Lord Heath">{{cite web |last1=Lord Heath |first1=David |title=Linda Loredo |url=http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_318.html |website=Another Fine Mess |access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref> [[Robert Asa Todd]]<ref name=TimesObituary>{{cite news | title = Robert A. Todd, Ex-Official, Dies | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 1943-03-05| page =A-10|id = {{ProQuest|165432009}}}}</ref> ) there.

In 1951, the exterior was used as the setting for the fictitious Mercy General Hospital in the [[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|''Adventures of Superman'']] television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/celebrating-our-lady-queen-of-the-angels/|title=Celebrating Our Lady Queen of the Angels &#124; Angelus News|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> After its closure, the main building, a Spanish-style hospital complex, was used primarily as a film set.<ref name="Mozingo" /> It appeared in a number of productions,<ref name="Mozingo">{{cite news |last1=Mozingo |first1= Joe |title= Queen of Angels Undergoes Conversion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-06-me-29359-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1997-09-06}}</ref> including ''[[Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers]]'',<ref name="patterson">{{cite web| url = http://movielocationsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/10/halloween-6-curse-of-michael-myers-1995.html | work = Set-Jetter & Movie Locations and More | title = Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) | date = 2013-10-12 | access-date = 2014-08-16 | first = Robert | last = Patterson}}</ref> ''[[Men Don't Tell]]'', [[Snapdragon (film)|''Snapdragon'']], ''[[Late for Dinner]]'', ''[[The Invaders]]'', and ''[[The Innocent (1994 film)|The Innocent]]''.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Leon |title=Movie and Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites in Los Angeles and San Diego |date=2015-09-03 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786440825 |pages=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4iACgAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Innocent%22+,+%22queen+of+angels+hospital%22}}</ref>

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