150 Years of Care

St. Mark's Hospital is proud to be Utah's first hospital. Serving our community since 1872.

Bishop Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah founded St. Mark’s Hospital in 1872. With 12,000 residents, Salt Lake City was growing and long overdue for an important addition—Utah’s first hospital. The original St. Mark’s had six beds, one physician and all male nurses. After opening its doors on April 30, 1872, St. Mark’s Hospital admitted 21 patients in the first month. Now, St. Mark’s Hospital touches hundreds of lives each day, and has a growing diverse group of colleagues and medical staff.

150 Years of Compassionate Care

1872

April 30, 1872 - St. Mark’s Hospital opened its doors and was the first medical facility in the Utah Territory located at 500 East and 400 South.
1879

The Hospital moved to 500 East 300 South and space doubled to 12 beds.
1878

St. Mark’s Charity Association was the first social service hospital organization in the valley.
1880s

St. Mark’s Hospital was recognized as the first "official" hospital in Salt Lake County. This would continue for the next thirty years.
1893

New hospital opened at 300 West 700 North, capacity more than doubled again to 35 beds.
1894

The St. Mark’s Hospital School of Nursing was founded.
1902

The first X-ray machines in Utah were purchased by St. Mark’s Hospital.
1925

St. Mark’s opened the Shriners Crippled Children’s Ward, and it continued to be a part of the hospital for 26 years.
1970

Construction began on the current St. Mark’s Hospital.
1973

May 20th, 1973 - "Moving Day" to new and current St. Mark’s Hospital location at 3900 South 1200 East.
1987

Hospital Corporation of America, now HCA Healthcare, purchased St. Mark’s Hospital from Episcopal Diocese of Utah.
1991

The St. Mark’s Women’s Health Center created the Center for Breast Care.
2002

St. Mark’s Hospital opened the Women’s Pavilion with 18 Labor & Delivery beds and 48 patient beds.
2021

St. Mark’s Hospital broke ground on new patient tower to expand services and accommodate service line growth.

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