The original, temporary Milford Hospital opened in 1920. Speaker Karen Kipfer will discuss the hospital’s history on March 16 at Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in Milford.
The Milford Historical Society will host a free community program about the history of Milford Hospital on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church on South Broad Street in Milford.
The guest speaker is Karen Kipfer, who has more than 20 years’ experience in hospital administration, communications and community relations. She currently serves as the site administrator for the Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus.
Milford Hospital opened in 1920 in a temporary location on Bridgeport Avenue in a building known as the “Stockade House” – the first house built outside the stockade or palisades which surrounded the settlement. The house had been built by Deacon George Clark about 1659.
In the 1970s, the hospital needed to expand and offered the house to the Milford Historical Society. It was dismantled board by beam, each piece numbered and stored on the society’s 34 High St. property. After many fundraisers, the house was reassembled in 1974. The first Milford Hospital was saved and its removal made way for a new era for Milford Hospital.
Milford Historical Society hosts five community programs each year at the church free and open to the public. Refreshments are served; donations are accepted. For information, check milfordhistoricalsociety.org or email info@ milfordhistoricalsociety.org.