Elizabethtown Community Hospital
History
A Storied History
For more than a century, Elizabethtown Community Hospital has been a vital part of the community. We’ve grown to provide primary care, specialty care and 24-hour emergency services. Our outreach programs help keep the High Peaks Region and Champlain Valley communities healthy.
Early Beginnings (1921 - 1926)
- 1921: Local citizens establish Elizabeth Community House for childbirth and non-contagious medical treatments. Funding comes from the sale of cakes, preserved foods and handiworks by the Women’s Exchange and Tea Room.
- 1926: Elizabethtown Community House becomes Elizabethtown Community Hospital, a non-profit hospital housed in the Kellogg House on Court Street.
Growth and Expansion (1927 - 1988)
- Mid-1900s: The hospital expands, adding emergency care, lab services, radiology or inpatient rehabilitation, physical therapy, oncology, cardiology and orthopedics.
- 1967: Elizabethtown Community Hospital opens its new building at 75 Park Street.
- 1988: Elizabethtown Community Hospital becomes the first satellite clinic of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany, New York.
Partnerships (2012 - 2018)
- 2012: Elizabethtown Community Hospital, along with Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, joins Fletcher Allen Partners, later becoming University of Vermont Health in 2014.
- 2018: Moses Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga merges with Elizabethtown Community Hospital and University of Vermont Health, following a $9.1 million renovation. The renovation includes a new 24-hour emergency department, diagnostics, specialty care and primary care from Hudson Headwaters Health Network. We also launch the region’s first New York State Department of Health accredited Paramedic Program.