Union Hospital Foundation Reaches, Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal of $8,000,000

Capital Campaign will continue as the Foundation is still having talks with a number of prospective donors

A Great Hospital in the Making The major health-care complex known today as Union Hospital opened in 1892 as the Terre Haute Sanitarium in a farm house located at 7th Street and 8th Avenue. On August 11, 1892, the first patient was admitted to the 20-bed facility. The Sanitarium employed three people: a maid, a cook/laundress, and a combination of handyman, engineer, pharmacist, and orderly. Everyone else was a volunteer. More >