Historical Timeline
1886: John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary opens at Third and Oak Streets.
1892: Children's Free Hospital opens at 220 East Chestnut Street.
1926: Kosair Crippled Children Hospital opens at 982 Eastern Parkway.
1927: St. Joseph Infirmary opens at the corner Eastern Parkway and Preston.
1960: Methodist Evangelical Hospital opens at 315 East Broadway.
1969: Norton Infirmary and Children's Hospital merge to form Norton Children's Hospitals, Inc.
1972: Suburban Hospital opens.
1973: Norton and Children's hospitals move to a new building at 200 East Chestnut Street.
1977: Southwest Jefferson Community Hospital opens.
1981: Children's Hospital and Kosair Crippled Children Hospital consolidate to become Kosair Children's Hospital. Norton-Children's Hospitals Inc. becomes NKC, Inc.
1986: Kosair Children's Hospital moves to a new building at 231 East Chestnut Street.
1989: Alliant Health System is formed by the merger of NKC, Inc. and Methodist Evangelical Hospital.
1998: Audubon, Southwest, Suburban and Spring View hospitals are purchased by Alliant Health System.
1999: Alliant Health System becomes Norton Healthcare and each of its adult services hospitals add Norton to its name.
2005: Norton Healthcare hospitals serving residents throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana: Norton Hospital, Kosair Children's Hospital, Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Southwest Hospital and Norton Suburban Hospital.
