Official Institution Names 1832-1979
1832 | Wayne County Poorhouse |
1872 | Wayne County Alms House |
1886 | Wayne County House |
1894 | Post Office established – “Eloise,” designated as official Post Office name |
1911 | Eloise Hospital for Mental Illness (August 18) – (in accordance with State naming code affixing the name of the cities in which State mental hospitals were located) |
1913 | Eloise Hospital Eloise Infirmary (Poorhouse) } Collectively referred to as “Eloise” Eloise Sanitorium (T.B. Hospital |
1945 | Wayne County General Hospital and Infirmary at Eloise, Michigan |
1967 | Wayne County General Hospital (Included a Psychiatric Service and Long Term Care Facility) |
1974 | Wayne County General Hospital Wayne County Pyschiatric Hospital |
1979 | Wayne County General Hospital |
– | [ This information presented in whole from “A History of the Wayne County Infirmary, Psychiatric, and General Hospital Complex at Eloise, Michigan” by Alvin C. Clark; page 150. ] |