This Day in History: 1937-06-16
Carpenters began to construct the forms for the new Good Samaritan Hospital on Route 59 West of Suffern. The excavation work had been completed on the previous Friday. Caulway, Inc., the general contractor, expected to begin pouring concrete by the end of the week. The new building was shaped like a “T” with 205 feet of frontage and 140 feet deep. It was to have three floors with two operating rooms, a laboratory, and work rooms. Work on the new facility was expected to be completed by the spring of 1938. Meanwhile the old building on Orange Avenue continued to be in use. (Bristow)