It comes with ionic columns, mosaic tile floors, massive oak entrance doors, intricate stained glass windows, its own chapel and a sweet location on just over half an acre in the heart of downtown Victoria.The former St. Joseph’s Hospital on Humboldt Street, which hasn’t been used for patient care for many years, contains 70 rental apartments, and a chapel that’s rented to artists.
The nuns began their nursing work in a log cabin, but later Mother Mary Providence and Dr. John Helmcken worked together to establish the hospital. In the late 1960s, the Sisters of St. Ann transferred the building to the province and it was renamed Victoria General Hospital, according to the Victoria Heritage Foundation.
The site falls under a comprehensive zoning allowing for multiple uses, but its heritage status comes with limitations on what can be done with the building.A three-year project to repoint its brick exterior recently wrapped up and its emergency stairwells have been rebuilt, he said Wednesday. The property’s marketing brochure says it has been seismically upgraded.
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