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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.]]
==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]],<
[[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 |
==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,<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 |
==References==
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*{{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 |
[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1924]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hollywood, Los Angeles]]
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