Schertz Community Hospital -- Schertz TX
N 29° 33.326 W 098° 15.968
14R E 571093 N 3269749
The sign of history at the former Schertz Community Hospital, located at 805 Main Street, now (2018) an apartment complex
Waymark Code: WMXP4C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2018
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Registered nurse Cora Karbach built the Schertz Community Hospital at 805 Main Street near downtown Schertz. The hospital opened in 1917, serving the population of Eastern Bexar and Western Guadalupe County until 1939.
A sign at the former hospital building, now used as multifamily housing, reads as follows:
"SCHERTZ HISTORIC SITE
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
On one acre of land purchased from Ferdinand Schertz on March 22, 1916, Cora Karbach built the Schertz Community Hospital. When it opened in 1917-18, the 5500 square-foot red brick building had a five bed ward, twelve private and semiprivate rooms, two nurses rooms, an office, kitchen and operating room. The building had a dumbwaiter, laundry chute and a manually operated (rope pull) Otis elevator, circa 1908, still operable today. The hospital served Western Guadalupe and eastern Bexar counties until early 1939. Cora Karbach (Dec. 9 1888 – Feb. 22 1970) was born in Comal County to Johann Karbach and Sophie Klingemann. She attended nursing school and received nursing degree. Cora was a woman well before her time. To buy land, build, and open a hospital serving the community, was a bold move for a woman of that era.
Presented to the
Schertz Historical Preservation Committee March 22, 2009"
Group that erected the marker: Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
805 Main St
Schertz, TX
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