First Providence Hospital (Donald MacKay and Mother Joseph, 1882-1883), 5th Avenue and Madison Street, Seattle, ca. 1891 Photo by Frank La Roche, Courtesy UW Special Collections (LAR066)

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Mother Joseph and Sisters of Providence Open First Seattle Hospital on August 2, 1878

Clad in habit, with hammer and saw in hand, she personally supervised the construction, sometimes ripping out faulty workmanship and redoing it herself