Rogers Memorial Hospital

Our story began in 1907, when Dr. Arthur W. Rogers and his wife, Theresa Limberg Rogers, purchased a 200-acre estate on the shores of the Nashotah Lakes that included a 32-room Italian-style mansion built in 1882 with four octagonal wings and a central courtyard. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers converted the property into the Oconomowoc Health Resort, but within a year, fire destroyed the mansion.

After the fire, Dr. Rogers formed the Oconomowoc Health Resort Corporation and sold stock to finance the construction of the current four-story structure. Several outbuildings were added to house therapy services, medical staff and hospital personnel. Dr. Rogers, a graduate of Rush Medical School with a specialty in psychiatry, provided innovative therapy, including the Baruch Hydrotherapeutic Plant for individualized bathing in spring water.

After his wife’s death in 1930, Dr. Rogers renamed the institution Rogers Memorial Sanitarium Corporation and converted it into a nonprofit, charitable institution in her honor. In 1955, Dr. Owen Otto become Chief of Staff, and the facility was renamed Rogers Memorial Hospital. In 1958, a wing was added to the main building and treatment of higher acuity patients began. Dr. Otto retired in 1987.

David L. Moulthrop, PhD, was hired as president and CEO in February 1993. Under Dr. Moulthrop's leadership, the hospital transitioned to a medical model of care, with treatment services under the direction of physicians, and began a diversification of treatment services.

Today Rogers Memorial is governed by a Board of Directors and is proud to remain a nonprofit organization. In addition to our Oconomowoc site, we have a hospital in Milwaukee and treatment centers in Brown Deer and Kenosha. Our medical staff of experienced behavioral health professionals includes physicians, psychologists and master’s-level therapists. We are accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed as a psychiatric hospital by the State of Wisconsin.

CALENDAR OF OUR GROWTH
1907 - English physician Arthur Rogers and his wife, Theresa Lindberg Rogers, purchase property and open the Oconomowoc Health Resort.

1930 - Dr. Rogers reorganizes health resort into nonprofit organization; renames it Rogers Memorial Hospital in memory of his wife.

1958 - Main hospital building expands to include acute care services.

1996 - The Herrington Recovery Center, a residential treatment center for addictions, relocates from Milwaukee (Aurora) Psychiatric Hospital to the Oconomowoc campus.

1997 - The Eating Disorder Center residential treatment center opens (treatment services were established in one of the lake houses two years earlier).

1999 - The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center residential treatment center opens (partial hospitalization services were established nearly three years earlier).

1999 - The Multi-Purpose Center opens which houses the experiential therapy and Center for Organizational Advancement staff.

May 2000 - Rogers Memorial Hospital – Milwaukee opens at 11101 West Lincoln Avenue, providing inpatient and partial hospitalization treatment services.

Sept. 2000 - The Medical College of Wisconsin partnership established.

Jan. 2001 - Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin partnership established.

July 2001 - Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) membership.

Jan. 2003 - The Child & Adolescent Center (residential treatment center) opens at Rogers Memorial Hospital – Oconomowoc.

Jan. 2003 - Froedtert & Community Health partnership established.

April 2003 - Rogers Memorial – Kenosha opens at 9916 75th Street, providing child and adolescent day treatment services.

April 2004 - The Child & Adolescent Center (residential treatment center) doubles in capacity and offers cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment.

July 2004 - Rogers Memorial – Brown Deer opens at 4600 Schroeder Drive, providing child and adolescent day treatment services.

Jan. 2005 - Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex partnership established.

May 2005 - Columbia/St. Mary’s partnership established.

Jan. 2006 - Expansion to main hospital building at Rogers Memorial Hospital – Oconomowoc for patient use.

Nov. 2006 - Partial hospitalization services for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders opens at Rogers Memorial Hospital – Milwaukee.

April 2007 - The Child Center (residential treatment center) opens at Rogers Memorial Hospital – Oconomowoc.

Feb. 2008 - The Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center relocates and the Eating Disorder Center expands at two new facilities located 1.5 miles from the Oconomowoc campus.

July 2008 - Rogers Memorial Hospital – Milwaukee building addition opens for patient use.

Jan. 2009 - Dedicated inpatient eating disorders unit for children and adolescents opens at Rogers Memorial Hospital – Milwaukee.

Sept. 2009 - The Herrington Recovery Center moves to a new facility built to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.