- Collection:
- Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Downey Hospital
- Date of Original:
- 1920/1950
- Subject:
- Downey Hospital
Hospitals--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Downey Hospital. Photograph showing the old Downey Hospital that was located on South Sycamore Street. This structure was erected in 1912 by Dr. James H. Downey. It had 36 rooms and was one of the first hospitals to be placed on the fully accredited list in Georgia. The cost of this structure was nearly $60,000. The fracture table, an invention of Dr. Downey, was first used here. Dr. Cleveland D. Whelchel became manager of the institution, and Dr. John K. Burns, Sr. became a third partner in 1921.
Caption: "Hall County Library Photo Collection (0226) Gainesville, Georgia."
Digitized by: Digital Techniques, Inc.
Electronic version made available through a federal Library Services and Technology Act Grant and Georgia Public Library Services. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hall_hchp_0226
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/hall/hchp/do:0226
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Name of photograph], Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection, Hall County Library System.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 16 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of: Hall County, Georgia historical photograph collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Hall County Library System (Ga.)
- Rights:
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