Kensington Hospital

Kensington Hospital, formerly known as Kensington Hospital for Women, is the 2nd oldest, and last remaining independent hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The hospital was established in 1887 by Howard A. Kelly, MD, who later became one of the founding professors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the chair of gynecological surgery of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The hospital was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 2019.

In the mid 1880s, Dr. Howard A. Kelly opened a gynecological clinic on Diamond Street in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia with the goal of providing access to healthcare for working-class women. He purchased a mansion on Kensington's Norris Square in 1890 with the help local philanthropists and converted the building into a women's hospital. The hospital eventually expanded to inhabit structures from 128 to 140 Diamond Street. Kensington Hospital for Women was sixth women's hospital in the United States.

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