In January, 1912,
the Hospital Guild asked that the town council grant aid for the erection and
maintenance for a hospital in the village. There were no government
grants available at the time. A Cottage Hospital was opened in due time, in a
house which belonged to the Peels. This was the first hospital in Grenfell. It
closed sometime during the war.
With the end of
the war, the home of Harry and Beatrice Prentice became the Cottage Hospital,
which was established in 1914. There was no government grant to use towards
starting a hospital so the Prentices started their own hospital, in their home.
In 1946 the
government grant came through and the large brick house on Wolseley Avenue was
purchased to become the hospital.
In 1962 a new
hospital was built on Stella Street.
