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It's #NationalHistoricMarkerWeekend, and if you're out and about on campus you can look for these four markers of significant buildings from our past! The first, near today's Physics building, marks the location where our first University of Michigan Medical School buildings stood on and near the U-M Diag, starting with the first one opened in 1850. The second, near today's Chemistry building across from Hill Auditorium, marks the location of our first University Hospital, opened in 1869 in a converted professor's house. The other two, near today's Frankel Cardiovascular Center, mark the location of our "Old Main" University Hospital that welcomed patients from 1925 to 1986, and the Simpson Memorial Institute, whose 1927 building still stands on Observatory St. and once served as a clinical research center for blood diseases. Want to learn more about our history? Come to our free museum exhibit any Saturday or Sunday afternoon through August: http://michmed.org/museum Or explore our interactive online map of every location we've ever had for patient care, research and medical education: https://michmed.org/NYAyW Explore more historical markers near you using the Historical Marker Database, from which we drew these photos: https://www.hmdb.org/