Because the nearest hospital was located in Las Vegas, about 33 miles away, the Boulder City Hospital was built to care for sick and injured workers. It opened in November of 1931 and allegedly cost about $20,000 to build.





The hospital originally included a separate 8-bed "Pest House" used for quarantines. It was torn down in 1933 and replaced by an isolation ward.





Employees of Six Companies were charged a fee of $1.50 per month to pay for hospital upkeep. Unfortunately their wives and children were not allowed treatment at Boulder City Hospital, and had to travel the 33 miles to Las Vegas for their medical needs. Employees of Six Companies were charged a fee of $1.50 per month to pay for hospital upkeep. Unfortunately their wives and children were not allowed treatment at Boulder City Hospital, and had to travel the 33 miles to Las Vegas for their medical needs.

Hoover Dam was completed in 1935 and the hospital was closed.

Residents of Boulder City took part in the effort by helping to clean and repair the equipment and creating a volunteer ambulance service.





The Bureau of Reclamation took control of the hospital in 1949, but decided to close it in 1954 due to the financial burden. City residents scrambled to raise the $15,000 necessary to keep the hospital open, and managed to do so within a 2-week window.





The Episcopalian Sisters of Charity bought the old hospital in 1976 and transformed it into Wellsprings Retreat House.

In 1938 the National Park Service took control of the hospital building and used it as a museum for artifacts from the area that would soon be covered by Lake Mead.The Park Service moved out in 1941, leaving the building vacant until the U.S. Public Health Service reopened it in 1943 as a hospital for soldiers injured in World War II. It is said that supplies were so scarce due to the war effort that refurbished equipment had to be shipped in from other hospitals around the country.In 1973, the new Boulder City Hospital opened on Adams Boulevard, and the old building was condemned shortly thereafter.The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.For nearly two decades, Wellsprings served the community as a venue for a variety of events, including church groups, conferences, and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. It also provided temporary lodging. Guests were asked to help out with simple simple chores.When the Sisters of Charity moved to West Virginia in 2000, Wellsprings was sold to the Western diocese of the Orthodox Church, who modified the name slightly to Wellspring Retreat Center.In 2009, the diocese closed Wellspring and listed it for sale at a price of $1.5 million.