Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital

Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
File:Picotte Hospital from SE 2.JPG
Front of the hospital
Location	505 Matthewson St., Walthill, Nebraska
Coordinates
Built	1912
Architect	William L. Steele
Architectural style	Craftsman
NRHP Reference #	88002762
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1988
Designated NHL	April 19, 1993

Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital, also known as Walthill Hospital or Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital, is a hospital in Walthill, Nebraska, on the Omaha Indian Reservation.

The hospital was developed by Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte (1865–1915), the first female Native American medical doctor. Built with money raised by Picotte from various sources, it was the first hospital for any Indian reservation not funded by government money.

The building was designed by architect William L. Steele in 1912 and built in 1912–1913. Set on a concrete foundation on a hill overlooking Walthill, the one-and-one-half-story hospital was built in the American Craftsman style of architecture. Typical of Craftsman style, it features a low-pitched, shingled (originally wood-shingled) roof, wide eaves with large braces beneath, exposed roof rafter tails, and a centered gabled dormer. A prominent screened porch runs the entire length of the front (east side) of the structure, bounded by columns that support the roof.

The building was a working hospital until the late 1940s, after which it served a variety of functions since, including a museum. As of 2013, it housed Mi'Jhu'Wi Ministries, a nonprofit providing services to the people of the Omaha Reservation.

The hospital was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.

External links

• Picotte Memorial Hospital, from a National American Indian Heritage Month feature at the National Park Service