- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Americus Colored Hospital historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Sumter County
Hospitals--Georgia--Americus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 133 J.R. Campbell Sr. St. near intersection with Bay St., three blocks north of downtown Americus
Text of marker: "Americus Colored Hospital. One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African-Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923. The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in the hospital was open to doctors of all races and so provided opportunities for black doctors, nurses, and pharmacists who were unable to practice in many hospitals throughout the South. The hospital suffered financial difficulties throughout its history, but remained in use by the African-American community until Sumter Regional Hospital was constructed under the Hill-Burton Act in 1953. 2008.12 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the City Federation of Colored Women Club 129-2" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_americus-colored-hospital
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_americus-colored-hospital
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
