The Albany Fire Department reached the hospital’s location around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the structure ablaze. Albany Fire Chief Robert Roeper said police have opened an arson investigation into the incident, according to the article.
The hospital opened in January 1942. Physicians treated patients at the facility for nearly a quarter century before the hospital closed in 1966 due to changes in federal regulation and Medicare, according to the article.
At its height, the hospital maintained 15 beds, an operating room, delivery room, nursery and laboratory, with services including office visits, emergency treatment and general surgery.
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