The Ford Hospital, also called the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is located in downtown

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. Built in 1916 by Home Builders Incorporated, the

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was a privately operated facility built and operated by Dr. Michael J. Ford. Operating until 1922, it was the last small, private hospital in the city. Originally designed by James T. Allan, the building stylistically is a unique blend of elements from the Second Renaissance Revival and the Arts and Crafts movements. The building was sold and remodeled as the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1929, a name referring to the nickname Douglas Street obtained after the installation of new electric lights in 1927. The building was again converted in 1987, and currently serves as

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The hospital was instrumental in Omaha's treatment of the "Great

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Epidemic" of 1919. That same year

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Edward Parsons Smith Edward Parsons Smith (September 30, 1860 – May 21, 1930) was the List of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1918 to 1921. Biography Smith was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on September 30, 1860, and was a son of Edward S ...

was brought to the hospital on September 28, 1919. He was nearly lynched by a mob during the

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that day. Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 12/27/07.

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