36 26 Peoples Hospital
N 34° 16.569 W 081° 37.718
17S E 442135 N 3792954
This is a new historical marker in Newberry, SC. Only dedicated on May 5,2014.
Waymark Code: WMKNX6
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2014
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PEOPLES HOSPITAL
Peoples hospital, the first and only hospital for African Americans in the county from 1937 until Newberry County Memorial Hospital was desegregated in 1952, stood here until 1970. It was founded by Dr. Julian Edward Grant (1900-1997), who practiced medicine in Newberry County for more than fifty years. Grant, a native of Marlboro County was educated at Claflin University and at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., before moving to Newberry in 1930. Grant, recognizing the need for a hospital for blacks in Newberry, organized a board of trustees from the community. By 1935 the board aquired this site, with a two-story, seven-room frame house on a two-acre lot, for $1,500. The house, renovated and fitted with medical equipment, opened as Peoples Hospital in 1937. The building, later the Vincent Street Park.
Marker Name: Peoples Hospital
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 36 26
County: Newberry
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