The Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium, a private hospital, stood at 750 St. Michael St., across from Ryan Park. Two doctors, Harry Tutwiler Inge and Eugene DuBose Bondurant, opened the institution in 1899. The newspaper that year reported they were remodeling a building at a cost of $4,000. After 1904, it was apparently greatly enlarged to the west, according to city fire maps. Both of the physicians had impressive credentials. Dr. Inge, a graduate of the New York University Medical School, would serve as chief surgeon for both the L&N and Mobile and Ohio railroads. He served on the Mobile City Council and the Mobile County School Board. A cousin recalls Inge as a very large man, with huge hands that could tie the tiniest of surgical knots. Dr. Bondurant, an 1883 graduate of the University of Virginia's medical school, had trained in Heidelberg, Vienna, London and Edinburgh. He had served on the staff of the Medical College of Alabama prior to teaming up with Inge to establish a hospital. In 1912, the sanatorium was being advertised as "a modern private hospital for the treatment of general medical and surgical cases, nervous and mental diseases, inebriety and drug addiction." Inge handled the general cases, while Bondurant cared for the rest. Inge died in 1921 at the age of 60, and Bondurant passed away in 1950 at age 87. Their hospital survived until 1930. City directories show the building vacant until 1935, when it was housing the Mobile County Department of Public Welfare. By World War II, the address was listed as vacant once again. Just when the wreckers arrived has not been uncovered. By 1951, construction of "Mobile's Most Modern Apartments" - Creighton Towers - had begun. That building, now known as a luxury apartment community, the Tower on Ryan Park, still fills the St. Michael Street site today. Image information: Main: Harry Tutwiler Inge, M.D. (1861-1921) was one of the two founders of the Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium. Inge presided over the Mobile County Medical Society, and was a member of the Mobile City Council from 1896 until 1911. Erik Overbey Collection/ USA archives Left: Eugene DuBose Bondurant, M.D. (1863-1950) trained in Europe and served as dean of the Medical Department of the University of Alabama in 1912. Courtesy of Mobile Medical Museum Right: The Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium, circa 1905. After the building's demolition, the handsome light fixtures found their way to the front of the new Seventh Day Adventist Church, at 1401 Government St., where they remain today. Erik Overbey Collection/ USA archives. Retouching by Adrian Hoff.