19th century salvaged chicago heavily ornamented single-sided exterior presbyterian hospital complex red slip glaze terra cotta panel fragment fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills. the panel fragment was removed from the facade of the daniel a jones building during its demolition by heneghan wrecking. urban remains later purchased several pieces of ornament from rush hospital. the american victorian floral pattern is richly designed ans finely executed. the partially blackened surface patina caused by prolonged exposure to coal soot-infested air and/or acid rain over several decades. the 1888 hospital building was designed by architect stephen v. shipman at a cost of 120,000, with the majority of the funds donated to the hospital by daniel a. jones, who died in 1886. eight years after rush medical college completed its new buildings on chicago's west side, it was determined that another hospital, in addition to the already existing cook county hospital was needed to handle the residents of the west side, which accounted for nearly half of the city's population. with a charter granted in july of 1883, Presbyterian hospital was founded, and in January of 1884 an agreement was reached among the trustees and faculty of rush to erect the ross building, the hospitals first building, with a capacity of 45 beds. in 1887, the hamill wing was built, followed by the daniel a jones building, which was completed at a cost of 120,000 in 1888-89. by 1908, the private pavilion wing increased the bed count to 435 and in 1912, the jane murdock memorial replaced the original ross and hamill wings. completion of the sprague home for nurses and the rawson laboratory followed shortly thereafter.