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In 1902, Kaspare Cohn, founder of Commercial and Savings Bank (later known as Union Bank), established this hospital along with the Hebrew Benevolent Society to treat tuberculosis patients. It was originally located in Angelino Heights in East Los Angeles; neighbors objected to the facility being so close to them, and in 1912, the hospital moved to a location on Stephenson Avenue (now Whittier Boulevard) in East Los Angeles; architects, Edelman and Barnett, began the design process in 1909 for a two-story hospital building and a one-story ward building; at the request of the Cohn family, Kaspare Cohn Hospital changed its name to Cedars of Lebanon in 1929; this institution merged with Mt. Sinai Hospital, to form the famous Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, now located on Beverly Boulevard; (information drawn from History of the Jews of Los Angeles by Max Vorspan and Lloyd P. Gartner. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970);

PCAD id: 1176