Bethesda's first facility was a frame building on Chambers Street.
Having outgrown that facility, it built and moved into a much larger, single-story brick facility, located at 1 Bethesda Drive, about 1961.
The hospital was unable to meet its loan payments and had to close.
The former hospital is now Elderwood of Hornell,[1] a proprietary (for profit) long-term care facility.
After Bryant North Hornell Elementary School, it is the largest employer in North Hornell.