I’m not sure if this is the original Frankford Hospital but it might be because it looks like it was a house first. At the corner of Frankford and Wakeling.
The information in this post was compiled with the help of Debbie Klak, current member and former president of the Historical Society of Frankford. Sources include the archives of the historical society and her recollections.
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That house was there without the porch until the new building went up. They were to keep it because it had historic markers but one day it was there and the next they had a big lawn in it’s place.