"The former Abbott Hospital buildings housed a long-term and transitional care facility called the Ebenezer Caroline Center from 1980 to 1992, which in the 1990s became the City of Lakes Transitional Care Center, closing in 2004. Since the departure of City of Lakes, the hospital buildings have been vacant."
excerpt taken from
http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Abbott_Hospital,_1717_1st_Avenue_South
Photographs by: Bruce Drinnon
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