This is the parking lot of the old Beatrice Community Hospital. Here is a bit of history for you:
Mennonite Hospital
In 1877, Mennonite families moved to the Beatrice area from Prussia. At a celebration of thanksgiving in 1905, these families asked, “How can we thank God and our fellow man for the privilege of living in a free America and in this community?” Their answer: build a hospital. It would be called the Mennonite Deaconess Home and Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jansen donated a block of land located in the 1100 block of North 11th Street. By 1910, MennoniteChurch members had raised $20,516.25, and construction began on a 30-bed hospital which had a final cost of approximately $25,000. When the hospital was dedicated on July 16, 1911, it was debt free. The new hospital had three staff members: two Deaconess Sisters trained as nurses, and a custodian, who did a variety of tasks.
Lutheran Hospital
In 1899, Dr. Harry Hepperlen had started the first hospital in Beatrice known as the HepperlenHospital. It was bought by the Lutherans in 1913, and in 1920, a new replacement hospital known as the LutheranHospital was opened on South Ninth Street.
Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center
In 1976, the Mennonite Deaconess Home and Hospital changed its name to BeatriceCommunityHospital and HealthCenter. In the early 1980s because of changing medical and economic conditions and the size of the community, it became apparent that Beatrice and its surrounding communities could not continue to support two individual hospitals and in 1982, the LutheranHospital was acquired by the MennoniteHospital. The LutheranHospital building was used as a long-term care facility known as ParkviewCenter until it closed in 2010.
In 1992, the hospital acquired the Wymore Clinic.
On February 15, 2012, BeatriceCommunityHospital and HealthCenter closed its downtown hospital facility and opened the doors to a new hospital complex on the north edge of Beatrice.
Hence....the expired part of the name