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Columbia Hospital for Women The Columbia Hospital for Women was a former hospital located in Washington, D.C. Originally opening in 1866 as a health-care facility for wives and widows of Civil War soldiers, it moved in 1870 from Thomas Circle to its later location at 2425 L Street, NW in the West End neighborhood. American architect, Nathan Wyeth, designed the brick structure; construction began in 1913, and opened its doors in 1916. The Columbia became a private, non-profit hospital when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation transferring it to a board of directors in 1953. The facility closed in 2002 and the building was converted into a condominium, The Columbia Residences.[1] Among the more than 250,000 people born at Columbia Hospital for Women were Duke Ellington, Marion Christopher Barry, Al Gore, Richard Hartzell, Andrew Schwartz, Katherine Heigl, Michael Dominic, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, George Ross[disambiguation needed],[2] and Wes Moore.[3] References
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