The origin of Silverton Hospital dates to 1918 and a two-story frame structure on North Water Street originally intended to house a large family. With no elevator, patients had to be carried by stretcher to and from the second-floor operating room.

It was a primitive set up, but it was the beginning of a tradition of caring that has endured for nearly nine decades.

In 1937, the hospital moved to its current site, and over the years the building that has housed it has undergone numerous upgrades.

In 1998, with the help of generous community donations, a multi-phased project was completed that transformed Silverton Hospital into a state-of-the-art healthcare facility. The continued growth of the community, however, has led to continued expansion as we have added new programs and services to meet our patients’ needs.

The most recent construction project, completed in 2002, added to Silverton Hospital a beautiful and state-of-the-art Family Birth Center, a new chapel, an expanded Emergency Department, additional space for our Respiratory Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging Departments, and more.

We are now well positioned to serve our communities into the future.