Bradbury Manor, High Street Belfast, Maine

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Originally the home of the Jacob Y. Cottrell family, in 1922 the house was donated by Alma E. Bradbury (daughter of J Y Cottrell) to Dr. Eugene Tapley for use as a hospital. The 25-bed Bradbury Memorial Hospital opened on Christmas Day 1922. It featured 25 beds, an elevator, x-ray machine, radium for treatments and a separate sterilizing room. For the next twenty years, it was in competition with Waldo County General Hospital. Bradbury Memorial closed in 1960 due to strong competition from WCGH and a lack of a sprinkler system.The Bradbury Memorial Hospital on High Street in Belfast, Maine closed in 1960. In 1961 it was sold as a nursing home facility for $10,000. The Bradbury Nursing Home closed in the late 1990s when the owner sold the rights as a nursing home to the Harbor Hill facility on Footbridge Road. The building has remained unoccupied since that time.