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In this article:
- Why the new North Patient Tower will be named Hughes Tower
- How philanthropy is helping advance modern inpatient environments
- When Hughes Tower is expected to open on the First Hill campus
- A virtual visit to Hughes Tower and a reimagined First Hill campus
As our region continues to grow and care needs become more complex, Providence Swedish is committed to ensuring patients and families across the Puget Sound have access to advanced inpatient care close to home. One of the most significant ways we are preparing for the future is through the construction of our new North Patient Tower on our First Hill campus, scheduled to open in 2027.
This facility will be named Hughes Tower, in honor of the Hughes family — led by Pat Hughes — and in memory of his late wife, Mary Ellen Hughes. The naming recognizes a more than 40-year philanthropic relationship with Providence Swedish, including a recent investment that will help advance the future of inpatient care for our region.
Hughes Tower is one of the most important investments in the future of care at Providence Swedish. It is a pivotal step that — once complete — will allow us to reimagine and modernize how care is delivered across our region. The tower will enable necessary changes that are critical to sustaining high-quality care, including replacing aging infrastructure and integrating key services, ensuring Providence Swedish can continue to meet the evolving needs of patients and families for the next century.
We are deeply grateful for the Hughes family’s decades-long belief in our mission. Their generosity honors Mary Ellen’s legacy while helping ensure that future generations continue to receive compassionate, high-quality care here in our community.
We look forward to sharing more as construction progresses and to welcoming patients and families to Hughes Tower when it opens in 2027.
For more information about Hughes Tower and opportunities to support Providence Swedish, visit swedishfoundation.org/hughes-tower.
About Providence Swedish
Providence Swedish has served the Puget Sound region since the first Providence hospital opened in Seattle in 1877 and the first Swedish hospital opened in 1910. The two organizations affiliated in 2012 and today comprise the largest health care delivery system in Western Washington, with 24,000 caregivers, eight hospitals and 244 clinics throughout Western Washington – from Everett to Centralia. A not-for-profit family of organizations, Providence Swedish provides more than $545 million in community benefit in the Puget Sound region each year. The health system offers a comprehensive range of services and specialty and subspecialty care in a number of clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive health and women’s and children’s care. For more information, visit providence.org/swedish.
