Union Community Hospital
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Union Community Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Union, South Carolina, United States |
Organization | |
Type | General |
History | |
Construction started | 1915 |
Opened | December 1932 |
Closed | 1958 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in South Carolina |
Union Community Hospital | |
Location | 213 W. Main St., Union, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 34°42′52″N 81°37′32″W / 34.71444°N 81.62556°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | c. 1915 | , 1949
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Union MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 96000835[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 1, 1996 |
Union Community Hospital is a historic hospital building for African-American patients during segregation located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. The front section was built about 1915 as a frame residence, and is a two-story building on which a brick veneer was placed in the 1930s, with Neo-Classical style design elements. The brick rear section was added in 1949. The Union Community Hospital was founded in December 1932, and provided services to the African-American community of Union County for 43 years.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Paul Gettys (October 1995). "Union Community Hospital" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ "Union Community Hospital, Union County (213 W. Main St., Union)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
Categories:
- Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1949
- Buildings and structures in Union County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Union County, South Carolina
- Historically black hospitals in the United States
- Hospitals established in 1915
- Hospitals in South Carolina
- Upstate South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs