October 15, 2009
Homecoming: Staff and volunteers moved into the new, 100-bed, 210,000 square-foot hospital, using 10 vans and 500 boxes, at a cost of $1,000, in one day; CHOMP opened June 28, 1962.
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Everyday Miracles
A closer look at the little CHOMP stories that have led to a big 75 year anniversary.
Architect Edward Durell Stone built Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) atop a parcel of prime Del Monte Forest land donated by Samuel F.B Morse as a “hospital that wouldn’t look like a hospital.” ...
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