Historical photos courtesy Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children This top-rated children’s orthopedic hospital has been an anchor of Oak Lawn for a century DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, located on the corner of Maple and Oak Lawn avenues, celebrated its 100th anniversary earlier this month.
The hospital began as a one-room clinic run by Dr. William Beall Carrell, who returned from service treating battlefield injuries during World War I.
Here at home, the polio epidemic was spreading. Carrell’s original eight-bed clinic was on Junius Street in East Dallas. In 1921, the clinic expanded to a hospital that stood on three acres on the corner of Oak Lawn and Maple.