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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" />
==Location==
The hospital consisted of a number of buildings, but the iconic main building is known because it looms over the [[Hollywood Freeway]]. The hilltop site was chosen for the hospital because it was close to both [[Sunset Boulevard]] and [[Temple Street (Los Angeles)|Temple Street]], and because it was outside [[Downtown Los Angeles]].<ref name="Ford" />
==History==
Seeing a need for quality care in the city, the Franciscan Sisters went as far as begging door to door to accrue money for the hospital.<ref name="Ford" /> Once built, the hospital kept growing in size by adding wings and new buildings, topping out at 14 stories in height.<ref name="Mozingo" /> Due to excess capacity, the operations of the Queen of Angels Hospital were merged with the [[Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center]] in 1989,<ref name="Ford" /> becoming known as the Queen of Angels – Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
Due to its proximity to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], several notable people were born ([[Michael Reagan]],<!--ref>{{Cite lookingbook|last1=Reagan|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=maureen+reagan+born+hospital+los+angeles&pg=PA2|title=Twice forAdopted|last2=Denney|first2=James citationD.|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|accessdateaccess-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> [[Mike Thaler]],<ref name="mikethaler">{{cite web |last1=Thaler |first1=Mike |authorlink1author-link1=Mike Thaler |title=Biography |url=https://mikethaler.com/bio/ |website=mikethaler.com |accessdateaccess-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]]|accessdateaccess-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 |accessdateaccess-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 |accessdateaccess-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.
[[Kathryn Crosby]] is among the alumnae of the nursing school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|title=1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School |website=Historic Images}}</ref> [[Sakaye Shigekawa]] was a past president of the hospital.<ref name=rafu>{{cite news| url = http://www.rafu.com/2013/10/pioneering-nisei-doctor-sakaye-shigekawa-dies-at-100 | work= [[Rafu Shimpo]] | title= Pioneering Nisei Doctor Sakaye Shigekawa Dies at 100 | date= 2013-10-28 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-09-04}}</ref> [[Tirso del Junco]] was once the medical chief of staff. During its heyday, the hospital was a "centerpiece" of the city's hospital community.<ref name="Ford" />
==Filming site==
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 | 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, including ''[[Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers]]'' and ''[[The Innocent (1994 film)|The Innocent]]''.<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><ref name="IMDbincluding is''[[Halloween: aThe legitimate source as an aggregatorCurse of thisMichael informationMyers]]'',<ref name="patterson">{{cite web | url = httpshttp://wwwmovielocationsandmore.imdbblogspot.com/search2013/title10/?locationshalloween-6-curse-of-michael-myers-1995.html | work =Queen%20of%20Angels%20Hospital%20 Set-%202301%20Bellevue%20Avenue,%20Los%20Angeles,%20California,%20USAJetter & Movie Locations and More | title = QueenHalloween 6: The Curse of AngelsMichael Myers (1995) Hospital| workdate = Filming2013-10-12 Location| access-date = 2014-08-16 | publisherfirst = IMDbRobert | accessdatelast = 2019-12-17Patterson}}</ref> ''[[Men Don't Tell]]'', [[Snapdragon (film)|''Snapdragon'']], ''[[Late for Dinner]]'', ''[[The Invaders]]'', and ''[[The Innocent (1994 film)|The Innocent]]''.<ref name="Smith">{{Unreliablecite book |last1=Smith |first1=Leon |title=Movie and Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites in Los Angeles and San Diego source|date=December2015-09-03 2019|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>
==References==
==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|DreamQueen Centerof Angels Hospital}}
*{{cite web | url = https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101403813-img | title = Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, CA: General view | work = U.S. National Library of Medicine}}
*{{cite web | url = http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/109618 | title = Queen of Angels Hospital | work = USC}}
*{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Queen%20of%20Angels%20Hospital%20-%202301%20Bellevue%20Avenue,%20Los%20Angeles,%20California,%20USA | title = Queen of Angels Hospital| work = Filming Location | publisher = IMDb | accessdateaccess-date= 2019-12-17}}
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