LeRoy Sanitarium

The LeRoy Sanitarium, later known as the LeRoy Hospital, was a medical facility located in New York, New York. Founded in 1928 by Alice Fuller LeRoy, it operated until its closure in 1980. The sanitarium primarily served as a private treatment center for wealthy individuals, but also functioned as a maternity hospital. Notable patients included actress Marguerite Clark, who passed away there in 1940, and actress Laura Hope Crews, who died in 1942 after receiving treatment for liver problems. Other notable patients included actress Doris Keane, who died of cancer in 1945, and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen, who gave birth to her final child at the hospital in 1953. The hospital was also the birthplace of Christina Onassis, daughter of business magnate Aristotle Onassis, in 1950. After its closure, the building was converted into a residential condominium.