Collection: Elm Court Rest Home [Lorne Hospital]

Overview

Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1980s - 2007

Biographical / Historical

Lorne Hospital, located out in Lorneville, was closed and then demolished in 1998. The hospital was over 100 years old and fulfilled a variety of purposes over the years including a stint as a children's orphanage, a rest home and a home for elderly men. Elm Court Rest Home was built down by the Southland Hospital and opened in 1997 [to take care of the residents from Lorne Hospital]. Elm Court ran for five years and was officially closed in June 2002.