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Waconia Ridgeview Hospital

From a 10-bed hospital over a drug store to a medical centre: Ridgeview opened here on 27 July 1963.

TodayRidgeview Medical Center500 South Maple Street

500 South Maple Street, 2020
500 South Maple Street, 1963
19632020

Drag across the photograph to compare 1963 and 2020. The 2020 photograph is by J Fuerst Real Estate Photography.

Through the years

  1. About 1938Dr. Harold Nagel’s 10-bed hospital over Diessner’s Drug Store, 100 West 1st Street
  2. 1954A community association takes over the 27-bed Nagel Hospital
  3. 1963Waconia Ridgeview Hospital opens on 27 July, its entrance facing east
  4. SinceGrown to three storeys, with many additions
  5. TodayRidgeview Medical Center

The story

About 1938, Dr. Harold Nagel ran a 10-bed hospital in rooms beside his office over Diessner’s Drug Store at 100 West 1st Street. In 1954 a community association took over the 27-bed Nagel Hospital.

Waconia Ridgeview Hospital opened here on 27 July 1963. Its entrance faced east, with Highway 5 and farm fields behind it. The hospital has since grown to three storeys, with many additions, and is now Ridgeview Medical Center.

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Were you born at Ridgeview, or did you work there in its early years? Do you have photographs of the 1963 building?

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Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection.

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