{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Queen of Angels Hospital | org_group = | image = File:Queen of the Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, California.jpg | caption = Postcard depicting Queen of Angels Hospital, circa 1930-1945 | logo = | location = 2301 Bellevue Avenue <br>Los Angeles | region = | state = California | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|34|04|28|N|118|16|11|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = Private | type = Teaching | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality, i.e. not if has broad spectrum of specialities --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level --> | affiliation = Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart | beds = 404 | founded = 1926 | closed = 1989 | website = | other_links = <!-- optional --> }} The '''Queen of Angels Hospital''' was a private hospital complex located at 2301 Bellevue Avenue in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The 404-bed hospital<ref name="Ford">{{cite news |last1= Ford |first1= Andrea |title =For Health Reasons ... : Queen of Angels Closes Its Doors, Moves In With a Partner |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1989-01-27 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-27-me-1686-story.html}}</ref> was founded in 1926 by the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart and built by architect Albert C. Martin, Sr. The hospital served the local community and ran a nursing school. After its closure, the hospital served as a film set for the local film and television industry. The property was eventually sold to the Assembly of God church and is now known as the Dream Center.<ref name="Mozingo" />
==Location== The hospital consisted of a number of buildings, but the iconic main building is known because it looms over the Hollywood Freeway. The hilltop site was chosen for the hospital because it was close to both Sunset Boulevard and Temple Street, and because it was outside Downtown Los Angeles.<ref name="Ford" />
==History== Seeing a need for quality care in the city, the Franciscan Sisters went as far as begging door to door to accrue money for the hospital.<ref name="Ford" /> Once built, the hospital kept growing in size by adding wings and new buildings, topping out at 14 stories in height.<ref name="Mozingo" /> Due to excess capacity, the operations of the Queen of Angels Hospital were merged with the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in 1989,<ref name="Ford" /> becoming known as the Queen of Angels – Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. thumb|The hospital before expansion, circa 1928 Due to its proximity to Hollywood, several notable people were born (Jill St. John,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-jill-st-johns-bi/113596744 "Births"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. August 31, 1940.</ref> Michael Reagan,<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Reagan|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aeiyo_KOKIcC&q=maureen+reagan+born+hospital+los+angeles&pg=PA2|title=Twice Adopted|last2=Denney|first2=James D.|last3=Denney|first3=Jim|date=2004|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8054-3144-5|language=en}}</ref> Bob Beemer, John David Carson, Harry Crosby,<ref name="LAT Obit">{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Richard | first2= Ted Jr.| last2 = Thackrey |title=From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1977-10-15}}</ref> Marcia Reed,<ref name="SOC_2001">{{cite journal |title=Marcia Reed |journal=Operating Cameraman |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://issuu.com/cameraoperators/docs/soc_co_2001springsummer |publisher=Society of Operating Cameramen}}</ref> Madeleine Stowe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamag.com/laculture/lastory/2012/02/01/madeleine-stowe1|title=Madeleine Stowe|work=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> Mike Thaler,<ref name="mikethaler">{{cite web |last1=Thaler |first1=Mike |author-link1=Mike Thaler |title=Biography |url=https://mikethaler.com/bio/ |website=mikethaler.com |access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> Victoria Vetri<ref name="Lisanti">{{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786431724}}</ref>) or died (Esther Dale,<ref>{{cite news|title=Esther Dale, Actress, Dies in Hospital|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9909616/independent/|work=Independent|agency=Associated Press|date=July 24, 1961|location=California, Long Beach|page=10|via = Newspapers.com|access-date =2017-03-29}} {{Open access}}</ref> John Harvey Gahan,<ref name="Corral">{{cite web |title=Oscar Gahan |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/henchie4.htm |website=Old Corral |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> Linda Loredo,<ref name="Lord Heath">{{cite web |last1=Lord Heath |first1=David |title=Linda Loredo |url=http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_318.html |website=Another Fine Mess |access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref> Robert Asa Todd<ref name=TimesObituary>{{cite news | title = Robert A. Todd, Ex-Official, Dies | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 1943-03-05| page =A-10|id = {{ProQuest|165432009}}}}</ref>) there.
Kathryn Crosby was an alumna of the nursing school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|title=1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School|website=Historic Images|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015194530/https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sakaye Shigekawa was a past president of the hospital.<ref name=rafu>{{cite news| url = http://www.rafu.com/2013/10/pioneering-nisei-doctor-sakaye-shigekawa-dies-at-100 | work= Rafu Shimpo | title= Pioneering Nisei Doctor Sakaye Shigekawa Dies at 100 | date= 2013-10-28 |access-date=2015-09-04}}</ref> Tirso del Junco was once the medical chief of staff. During its heyday, the hospital was a "centerpiece" of the city's hospital community.<ref name="Ford" />
==Filming site== In 1951, the exterior was used as the setting for the fictitious Mercy General Hospital in the ''Adventures of Superman'' television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/celebrating-our-lady-queen-of-the-angels/|title=Celebrating Our Lady Queen of the Angels | Angelus News|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> After its closure, the main building, a Spanish-style hospital complex, was used primarily as a film set.<ref name="Mozingo" /> It appeared in a number of productions,<ref name="Mozingo">{{cite news |last1=Mozingo |first1= Joe |title= Queen of Angels Undergoes Conversion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-06-me-29359-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1997-09-06}}</ref> including ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'',<ref name="patterson">{{cite web| url = http://movielocationsandmore.blogspot.com/2013/10/halloween-6-curse-of-michael-myers-1995.html | work = Set-Jetter & Movie Locations and More | title = Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) | date = 2013-10-12 | access-date = 2014-08-16 | first = Robert | last = Patterson}}</ref> ''Men Don't Tell'', ''Snapdragon'', ''Late for Dinner'', ''The Invaders'', and ''The Innocent''.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Leon |title=Movie and Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites in Los Angeles and San Diego |date=2015-09-03 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786440825 |pages=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4iACgAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Innocent%22+,+%22queen+of+angels+hospital%22}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Queen of Angels Hospital}} *{{cite web | url = https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101403813-img | title = Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, CA: General view | work = U.S. National Library of Medicine}} *{{cite web | url = http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/109618 | title = Queen of Angels Hospital | work = USC | access-date = November 4, 2019 | archive-date = October 17, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191017023756/http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/109618 | url-status = dead }} *{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Queen%20of%20Angels%20Hospital%20-%202301%20Bellevue%20Avenue,%20Los%20Angeles,%20California,%20USA | title = Queen of Angels Hospital| work = Filming Location | publisher = IMDb | access-date= 2019-12-17}}
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