SOCIAL - POLITICAL COMMENTARY: Transitions: Beyond Repair

Mercy Health-Cincinnati, formerly Mercy Hospital, at 2446 Kipling Avenue in Cincinnati's Mount Airy neighborhood, closed the nearly 70-acre site in 2013 after the opening of Mercy Health’s West Hospital in Green Township. The property was once the Pinecroft estate of entrepreneur Powel Crosley, a radio pioneer who was owner of the Cincinnati Reds when he died in 1961. Two years later, it was sold to the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor. They used the Crosley mansion as a convent and sold some of the original 113 acres. St. Francis Hospital bought the property in 1969, and two years later opened Providence Hospital. The Franciscan Sisters joined Mercy Health in 1999. Mercy Health donated the house and 17 acres to the Cincinnati Preservation Association in 2011. Mercy Hospital was demolished because Hamilton County commissioners determined it would cost too much to renovate the aging buildings. Mercy Health is still seeking a buyer for the Mount Airy property.
Beyond Repair

Mercy Health-Cincinnati, formerly Mercy Hospital, at 2446 Kipling Avenue in Cincinnati's Mount Airy neighborhood, closed the nearly 70-acre site in 2013 after the opening of Mercy Health’s West Hospital in Green Township. The property was once the Pinecroft estate of entrepreneur Powel Crosley, a radio pioneer who was owner of the Cincinnati Reds when he died in 1961. Two years later, it was sold to the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor. They used the Crosley mansion as a convent and sold some of the original 113 acres. St. Francis Hospital bought the property in 1969, and two years later opened Providence Hospital. The Franciscan Sisters joined Mercy Health in 1999. Mercy Health donated the house and 17 acres to the Cincinnati Preservation Association in 2011. Mercy Hospital was demolished because Hamilton County commissioners determined it would cost too much to renovate the aging buildings. Mercy Health is still seeking a buyer for the Mount Airy property.