St. John's Hospital was Fort Smith's first hospital. It is known today as Sparks Regional Medical Center. The original building in 1887 was the rented Nedry building at North Fourth and G streets. It was named St. John's Hospital, probably because it was founded by the Rev. George Degan, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Fort Smith. However, a meeting called in April 1893 for determining if the hospital was a church institution or not decided that it was not. In 1888, the facilitiy was moved to 302 Second Street in 1888, the old Atkinson home. In 1899 it was consolidated with a charity hospital under the Belle Point Hospital name.