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Former Enze Hospital 恩泽医局旧址Ēnzé Yījú Jiùzhǐ

National heritage site · Taizhou, Zhejiang

Former Enze Hospital (恩泽医局旧址)
Photo: Siyuwj, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
1 hour
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Taizhou
Region
Zhejiang
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Former Enze Hospital

Three two-storey Western-style buildings joined by covered bridges on the slope of Beigu Mountain in Linhai, the remains of the first Western-medicine hospital in Taizhou, opened by the British Anglican mission in 1901. In 1942 its doctors treated injured crewmen of a B-25 bomber from the Doolittle Raid that had come down off the Sanmen coast, including pilot Ted Lawson, whose leg was amputated here, before they were escorted west; Lawson told the story in his memoir Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. Restored by Taizhou Hospital, the buildings now house its history museum, with exhibitions on the hospital's founding and the rescue of the American airmen.

How to get to Former Enze Hospital

At 43 Wangtiantai on the slope of Beigu Mountain on the north side of Linhai's walled town, a short walk from the city wall.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Walled City of Taizhou Fu 台州府城 (under 10 km), Jinshan Pagodas, Linhai 巾山塔群 (under 10 km), Linghu Lake Park 灵湖 (under 10 km).

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