[2] Previously, the hospital building was included as a contributing property in the Vogel Place Historic District.

[2] St. Joseph Hospital was begun in 1914 and was located next to St. Mary of the Visitation Church on Fourth Street.

[4] Undeterred, they continued on with their plans and hired a hospital architect from Milwaukee, E. Brielmaier & Sons, who had previously designed the Mayo Clinic.

[4] The Nurses residence is a two-story Modern movement structure designed by Burlington, Iowa architect Dane Morgan.

St. Joseph Hospital at its height employed 350 people and provided 120 acute care beds.