The house for the nurses at the hospital training school was donated by Mary L. Thurman, daughter and heir of John R. Thurman, late director of the Sacket's Harbor and Saratoga Railroad.

Frederick Forrest Peabody of Arrow Shirts provided the buildings and equipment for the laundry, heating, and electrical plants.

Robert Cluett was vice-president of the hospital, and Peabody served on the building committee.

[5] He spent a good part of his time ministering to the sick and began to raise funds to erect a city hospital.

On August 15, 1848, General John E. Wool, a native of Troy, laid the cornerstone at a property at Washington and Fifth streets.

[6] By the mid-1860s, the proximity of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad made the location unsuitable, and property was purchased on Eighth Street.

On June 28, 1868 John J. Conroy, Bishop of Albany laid the cornerstone for a new hospital building.