The proposed Booth Hospital
from the Kentucky Post, August 10, 1915

Booth was dedicated on October 24, 1926.

 

Booth Memorial Hospital	The Salvation Army's Home and Domestic Training School

Two names; same place.

Booth Hospital was named after William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
Read more about him at this site.

WPA photo of Booth, c. 1937	1960	Booth, c.1950

c. 1940	c. 1940	1966	1939

from the 1966 card: “The William Booth Memorial Hospital, Covington, Kentucky, Operated by the Salvation Army. Opened in 1914 in the Shinkle Mansion. First Building program in 1926; additions in 1950 and 1958. Present bed capacity 150 and 17 bassinets.”

Mrs. M. W. Perkins' recipe for pralines from the Booth Hospital Cookbook (c. WWII) is here.