On January 19, 1911, when the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital opened in the Christopher L Magee homestead known as The Maples located on Forbes Avenue and Halket Street. Upon Mr. Magee's death in 1901, he stipulated in his will that after his wife's death, the estate should be used to build and endow a hospital.
This institution would be named Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital, in honor of his mother, and would "be open to the sick and injured of all classes without respect to their religion, creed, color, or previous condition ... I especially desire the admission to this hospital of all females who may apply for admission thereto for lying-in purposes and as to all such I direct that they be admitted without any question asked as to their lives or names," Mr. Magee directed..... http://www.upmc.com/HospitalsFacilities/Hospitals/Magee/aboutus/Pages/magee-100.aspx
Christopher was married to Eleanor Louise Gillespie in 1878. Christopher's parents were Christopher ( -1863) and Elizabeth (nee Steel) Magee.
On January 19, 1911, when the Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital opened in the Christopher L Magee homestead known as The Maples located on Forbes Avenue and Halket Street. Upon Mr. Magee's death in 1901, he stipulated in his will that after his wife's death, the estate should be used to build and endow a hospital.
This institution would be named Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital, in honor of his mother, and would "be open to the sick and injured of all classes without respect to their religion, creed, color, or previous condition ... I especially desire the admission to this hospital of all females who may apply for admission thereto for lying-in purposes and as to all such I direct that they be admitted without any question asked as to their lives or names," Mr. Magee directed..... http://www.upmc.com/HospitalsFacilities/Hospitals/Magee/aboutus/Pages/magee-100.aspx
Christopher was married to Eleanor Louise Gillespie in 1878. Christopher's parents were Christopher ( -1863) and Elizabeth (nee Steel) Magee.
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