Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital

08/31/2022

I gleaned these pages from another website. But they’re in the right place now.

08/13/2020

From a postcard.

08/04/2019

Before the unfortunate accident that made Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital infamous and notorious.

James Dean and His Porsche, September 30, 1955. *Sixty* years ago today James Dean met an early death while driving from Lost Hills to Paso Robles on his way to Salinas in the car shown here, a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. At the intersection of Highway 41/Highway 46, he hit a car driven by Donald Turnipseed of Tulare. Dean was killed almost instantly and his passenger, mechanic Rolf Weutherich was seriously injured. This color photo is reputed to be the last photo taken of Dean on his trip to Salinas. The other photo shows the totaled Porsche at a garage in Paso Robles.

05/10/2019

Just found this.

War Memorial District Hospital, on West 15th St. (Terrace Hill), opened January 1950 and closed February 1977. Having 32 beds, it was touted as the nation's "most complete little hospital."

12/16/2018

This is a photo of old Paso Robles looking west from the Capitol Hill area. The War Memorial Hospital would later be built on what would become known as Hospital Hill, which location I have attempted to approximate.

11/23/2018

Somebody must have some photos related to the hospital in their personal collections that they can upload. I can't find anything else online. By the way, if you ever Google this hospital, be sure to include "-Dean", (without the quotes), in your search line or you'll get inundated with links to a guy whose only connection was that he was pronounced dead there, James Dean.

09/13/2017

A relevant link of interest regarding the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital and its founding and staff. Worth perusing.

My grandfather died recently. Condolences are appreciated, but not necessary. He's been "on the way out" for years, skirting the brink of death for at least the last year. Watching that gruff, stoic, wise old man slowly collapse into distant, cloudy dementia has been infinitely more tragic than the…

09/13/2017

The location of the former Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital is also known as Terrace Hill, and was a sort of "lovers' lane" for young Paso Roblans. So says my mom.