From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 38:
Rutland City Hospital
One of the first suggestions for a hospital in Rutland was contained in the will of Miss Susan Pierpont, who bequeathed a legacy from which the hospital realized the sum of $ 7,036.86. The will provided that this fund, together with the income and interest thereon, should constitute "the nucleus of a fund which is to be applied and used for the benefit of the town in establishing and maintaining a hospital for the sick and lame."
The hospital was chartered by the legislature of Vermont. November 21, 1892, and its first board of directors was elected in March, 1893. Its original property was acquired in 1896, and was paid for with funds raised by churches and societies and individual friends, the major part of the cost incurred being provided for by donations received from the following persons: John W. Cramton, the estate of Charles Clement, Marcellus E. Wheeler. Charles P. Harris, John A. Mead. Rev. Thomas J. Gaffney, George T. Chaffee, Newman K. Chaffee, William Y. W. Ripley, J. B. Hollister. Rev. N. Proulx, Rotb. C. and Mrs. E. S. Gilmore, John N. Woodfin, Walter C. Landon, Thomas J. Lyon, Henry O. Carpenter, George E. Royce, Edmund R. Morse, William R. Page, Burditt Brothers, Charles S. Caverly, Charles A. Gale, Edson P. Gilson. Thomas W. Moloney, Egbert C. Tuttle, E. C. Lewis, Wayne Baiiley, Charles W. Strobell, James M. Hamilton. S. L. Griffith, Amelia E. Brown, Henry F. Field.
The hospital has practically no endowment for the care of patients, its dependence for support being upon the income derived from paying patients, an annual appropriation from the city ($3,500 in 1910) conditioned upon setting aside five free beds for the use of such beneficiaries as may be designated by a committee from the board of aldermen. and the occasional gifts of generous friends. A training school for nurses is also maintained, with regular courses of instruction and graduation.
During the year 1909 a timely addition to the hospital was completed, comprising general and special wards, 19 private rooms, solariums. diet-kitchens. elevators and medicine closets, the whole finished and furnished in the most complete and modern m3.nner. The new annex was formally opened [39] September 23, 1909. A further addition is in process of completion at an expense of $10.000, the larger part of which was donated by N. P. Kingsley.
A new commodious and conveniently located isolation hospital was built in 1910 on the city property off Woodstock Avenue.