Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center

[4] Numerous services continued to expand through the hospital given its size and location adjacent to Hawthorne Boulevard, with the facility receiving its first expansion in 1970.

In 1989 the hospital was purchased by Catholic Healthcare West, however; the end of the Cold War led to numerous defense sector layoffs across the region.

[6] Hawthorne's local economy was particularly affected as younger families began to relocate out of the area; leading the hospital to cease maternity services in 1991.

In an effort to modernize the facility to meet local demand; Catholic West allocated funding to renovate the hospital in two phases, the first in 1996 and the second in 1999.

[7] Despite the new expansions to the facility; the hospital fell victim to the decline of the local area as a majority of patients treated were either underinsured or uninsured.

[17] As of 2023; the current property owners have fenced off numerous entrances to the hospital and began demolishing smaller structures in the parking lot.

The former patient tower (completed in 1999) in 2020
The former emergency entrance
The former service entrance sign
The first floor windows boarded over as of 2020