Red Cross Hospital, Salida, Colorado Hospitals -- Colorado -- Salida. 1909 38.535192 -105.994092 140 W. 3rd St. Salida Chaffee Colorado USA organization:804 Masonic Lodge (Salida, Colo.) In 1902, Salida acquired a hospital to serve patients who were not employees of the railroad. Dr. Frank N. Cochems established the Red Cross Hospital in the building at 123 G Street, which had been erected in the early 1890s and used as a brothel. Dr. Cochems reportedly founded the facility because “the people of Southern and Western Colorado and Northern New Mexico were sorely in need of a hospital in which the confidence of all would repose unreserved.” The institution was described as “one of the most up-to-date hospitals in the West, and the good work it has done throughout its career can hardly be overestimated.” Several doctors served on the hospital staff in addition to Dr. Cochems. The facility had a capacity of twenty-five patients and advertised “all modern surgical and medical methods of treatment.” After a new Red Cross Hospital was erected at 140 W. Third Street in 1909, this building became part of the Sherman Hotel. yes yes