Providence St. Peter Hospital
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| Providence St. Peter Hospital | |
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| Providence Health & Services | |
 Providence St. Peter Hospital Tower | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 413 Lilly Rd NE, Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Organization | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Beds | 372 [1] |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | (IATA: 8WA4)[2] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Links | |
| Website | Providence St. Peter Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in Washington state |
Providence St. Peter Hospital is located in the Lilly Road Medical District of Olympia, Washington and is Providence Health & Services’s eleventh largest Washington state hospital. The health facility features 372 beds[1][3] in various units and wings, including a medical and surgical tower, an emergency department with a mental health evaluation unit, a psychiatry building, and a critical care unit. The non-profit hospital was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Providence in 1887.
The Sisters of Charity of Providence (SCP) opened a boarding school in Olympia in 1881. Afterwards, residents requested the organization build a hospital in the city. After raising over $2,000 in local subscriptions, construction began in April 1887. The hospital was opened by the SCP on September 23, 1887, at an eight-room building in downtown Olympia on the modern-day grounds of the Washington State Capitol campus.[4] A nursing school was added in 1919; the school closed in 1953 due to a loss of accreditation.[citation needed] The original hospital was replaced in 1923 by a new building located on present-day Capitol Way with a capacity for 100 patients.[4]
By the 1960s, St. Peter Hospital was deemed insufficient for the growing South Sound region and a new hospital was planned under a community board formed in 1965. Constructed at a cost of $6 million, the facility originally contained 150 beds. The current, 12-story hospital building on Lilly Road opened on January 6, 1971.[4][5]
Facilities and care
As of 2025[update], Providence St. Peter Hospital contains 372 licensed beds[1] between a critical care unit, emergency services, and the medical and surgical tower. The hospital also has observational beds located in a mental health evaluation unit and a psychiatry building.[citation needed]
