Deaconess Home & Hospital
Address:
Lutheran Medical Center
150 55th St
Brooklyn
Category: Seafarer Services
Historic Use: Foundry
Current Use: Hospital
Originally located at 46th Street and 4th avenue, the Hospital was started by Sister Elizabeth Fedde, a Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess-Nurse called "the borrowed sister" who came from Norway to Brooklyn in 1883 to minister to Norwegian seafarers. The center moved to the American Machine & Foundry Co. building in 1970.
