The Robert Koch Hospital was located just off US 255 before it crosses the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in south county at 4101 Koch Road. The hospital was built by the city of St. Louis primarily as a quarantine facility for patients with a variety of easily transmissible diseases, including smallpox, yellow fever, and tuberculosis. There is a cemetery located on the grounds of this closed hospital, the building founded in 1875 with its last major renovation in 1949 and was demolished in 1989.
The Robert Koch Hospital, situated near US 255 before it crossed the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in south county at 4101 Koch Road, served as a quarantine facility for patients with various easily transmissible diseases like smallpox, yellow fever, and tuberculosis. The hospital was built in 1875, underwent its last major renovation in 1949, and was demolished in 1989. A cemetery is located on the grounds of this former hospital.