Chilton Memorial Hospital

Chilton Hospital
Geography
Location	Pompton Plains, New Jersey, USA
Services
Emergency department	Community Perinatal Center Primary Stroke Center
Beds	260
History
Opened	1947
Links
Website	www.chiltonhealth.org

Chilton Hospital is a non-profit community hospital in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Located at 97 West Parkway, it is the only hospital serving the Pequannock Township area.

History

"Old Chilton"

In 1947, Forrest S. Chilton, Jr., M. D. and his wife, Elizabeth, a registered nurse, donated land located on Newark-Pompton Turnpike with the vision of building a hospital. At the time, Chilton was the only doctor in the area and was operating a maternity ward in his home's attic.

For seven years, Chilton raised the needed funds from the community and patients by soliciting donations door to door, via a contribution jar in his office and contributing from his own income. In 1954, the facility opened with fifty beds, named in honor of Chilton's son in honor of his son, Forrest S. Chilton III, who died in World War II.

In 1961, it was expanded to a 119-bed facility.

Some people who remember or were born in the Newark-Pompton Turnpike building, which has since been turned into condominiums, affectionately refer to the original location by the nickname "The Old Chilton."

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was born at "Old Chilton" on June 16, 1974.

Second Facility

On November 20, 1971 a second facility was dedicated on West Parkway, where Chilton Hospital still operates today.

Both buildings were used concurrently until 1984

The current facility on West Parkway houses 260 beds.