I remember the old Jefferson Hospital, it was on Franklin Road where the Hays, Seay, Mattern and Mattern building is now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Bruce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] History - Lewis-Gale Hospital - 100 years old > Jefferson Hospital was merged with Lewis-Gale Hospital in forming > Roanoke Community Hospital, after which a new Lewis-Gale facility was > built in Salem (?). Roanoke Memorial was the city's first, begun on its > present site (then far from the city) by the Norfolk & Western Ry in the > late 1890s for the benefit of its workforce.