Mary "Minnie" Mears Hobbins was a driving force in
establishing a public hospital in Madison. She raised private funds and persuaded the City Council
to approve $10,000.
In 1900
Susan Bowen Ramsey donated a 4.5-acre tract of
land at the intersection of Chandler and Mills Streets for the facility. Ramsey was the daughter of
a prominent physician, former mayor and banker.
