How Susan La Flesche Picotte Became America’s First Native Woman Doctor – Then Built The Hospital Her People Had Been Denied

But it remained.

In 1988, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1993, it became a National Historic Landmark.

Those designations recognized that the building embodied a nationally important story.

Yet preservation was not guaranteed.

Old buildings deteriorate.

Roofs leak.

Wood decays.

Organizations lose funding.

For years, Susan’s hospital faced an uncertain future.