St. Joseph Hospital was opened in January 1891, established by nuns of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace; it was the first hospital established by what is now
PeaceHealth. St. Joseph was originally located in a two-story home in
Fairhaven with 30 beds. The hospital moved to their first permanent home—on Forest Street—in 1901. It moved to a suburban campus in 1966 centered around an 81-bed building. St. Joseph acquired the crosstown
St. Luke's Hospital in 1989 after the two hospitals agreed to end their long rivalry. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital changed its visitation policies multiple times, but opened patients to one visitor at a time starting in September 2022 and two visitors starting in October of that year. == Helipad ==