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Description

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About St Anthony North Hospital
St Anthony North Hospital has served the people of Westminster Adams County and the surrounding communities since 1971 Located at 2551 W 84th Avenue in Westminster St Anthony North is a fullservice acutecare community hospital is licensed for 196 beds

Our Mission Statement
We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities

Our Core Values
Integrity

Stewardship

Spirituality

Imagination

Respect

Excellence

Compassion

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History

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Our History
The St Anthony North story starts in the autumn of 1858 with a sparkle of Colorado gold where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte River Around the promise of treasure the city of Denver rose and grew and within a single generation it had become the second most populous city in the West

As trains and tracks knit America together Colorados first Catholic bishop the Most Rev Joseph P Machebeuf turned to the Sisters at Lafayette Indiana for help in providing desperately needed health care to Denver railroad workers In 1884 seven nuns arrived from the newly formed American branch of the Poor Sisters of Saint Francis Seraph of Perpetual Adoration and began serving patients in the 66bed railway hospital

Sister Marys Dream

Denvers needs grew as fast as its population Soon one of the seven nunsa visionary named Sister Mary Hubertabelieved the railroad hospital had become inadequate and that the Order needed to build its own facility In 1890 she broached the idea with Bishop Matz Bishop Machebeufs successor who cautioned that her dream would prove expensive and difficult quotWe will beginquot Sister Mary famously replied quotand St Anthony will help usquot

The Sisters proved to be tireless and unflappable fundraisers standing with their tin cups outside saloons and barbershops in roughandtumble mining camps One meager donation at a time mostly from railroad workers as they collected wages the dollars multiplied and a new hospital took shape on the shore of Sloan Lake now West 16th Avenue and Raleigh Street The facility opened in May of 1892 bearing the name of its patron St Anthony of Padua

A New Hospital for a New Century

Building on that legacy almost 70 years later hospital leaders saw the importance of establishing a new facility to better serve Denvers north metro area Like the Sisters before them they brought the project to reality through sheer force of will and St Anthony North Hospital opened in 1971

Since then the hospital has enjoyed an inspiring and successful 40year partnership with its communities offering not only stateoftheart health care services and countless community education and support programs but also investing millions of dollars annually for community benefit

With the opening of the 26 million St Anthony North Medical Pavilion planned for the spring of 2012 the hospital is taking yet another bold step into the future Located at the corner of I25 and 144th Avenue it will include a 24hour emergency department imaging center and physician offices and will bring convenient health care services to underserved neighborhoods in the north metro area