Saint Michael's Medical Center

Saint Michael's Medical Center is a 358-bed hospital located at 111 Central Avenue in Newark, New Jersey.

[3][4] The four nuns, Sr. Monica Voss (superior), Sr. Fortulana Menzen, Sr. Ewalda Mittler, and Sr. Masssea Keenan, and a postulant, Bridget McDonald, had been previously serving St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken, NJ.

[6] Under its charter, the Catholic Bishop of Newark was head of the Board of Directors, but in practice it continued to be managed by the Sisters.

The 3-story, 150 bed, red brick hospital, located on the corner of Central Ave. and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[3][7] It was described in 1873 as "a bijou of a hospital, perfect in all its accommodations from cellar to attic, and it would be difficult to overpraise its administration and equipment.

[2] "I take advantage of this opportunity to contradict a rumor that has been started by some one unfriendly to the institution ... that Protestant clergymen are not admitted to visit patients of their own faith.

The few skilled occupations included machinist and hatmaker, two teachers, a surgeon and a veterinarian (both under 30).