Talk:United States Marine Hospital of Louisville

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An entry from United States Marine Hospital of Louisville appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on May 30, 2007.

[edit] Nice article...

... but you might want to use Wikipedia:Citation templates, to format the citations in the References section. Smee 03:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC).

The Lat/Long in the references are bogus. They point to someplace off of the coast of Mexico, not Louisville! 76.183.60.56 03:45, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] There are other United States Marine Hospitals still in existance

A few points:

• The source cited does not say that this is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the United States. It says that "The Louisville hospital was built between 1845 and 1852 and is the best of the few surviving examples of some 30 (United States Marine) hospitals built before the Civil War, including 7 authorized by Congress in 1837 for construction on the "Western Waters."
• "It is the only one still standing, even after surviving two tornadoes." is incorrect, the source above clearly states that others still exist...the United States Marine Hospital (Mobile, Alabama) is one that was built in 1842 and is in excellent condition to the present day. At least one other also exists in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Cheers. Altairisfar_talk 04:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)