Pennsylvania Hospital

Pennsylvania Hospital
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Main building of Pennsylvania Hospital in 2024
Geography
Location	800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	39°56′41.2″N 75°9′22.56″W / 39.944778°N 75.1562667°W / 39.944778; -75.1562667
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Perelman School of Medicine
Network	University of Pennsylvania Health System
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	540
History
Opened	1751[1]
Links
Website	pennmedicine.org/pahosp
Lists	Hospitals in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Pennsylvania state historical marker
The Pennsylvania Hospital by William Strickland (1755)
Location	800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built	December 17, 1756
Architect	Samuel Rhoads[3]
Architectural style	Colonial and Federal (Pine Building)
NRHP reference No.	66000688[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	June 22, 1965
Designated PHMC	December 17, 1954[4]

Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia, The hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, and was the first established public hospital and first surgical ampitheatre in the United States.^[1][2][a][5] and its first medical library.^[6] It is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

The hospital's main building, dating to 1756, is a National Historic Landmark.^[2]

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