Wellington in Collingsworth County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Collingsworth County Hospital

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 15, 2016

1. Collingsworth County Hospital Marker

Inscription. Original hospital on this site (first in county) was built in 1917 by L.H. Stall. One of the two surgeons then practicing here, Dr. Elmer Wood Jones (1891-1962), bought the facility in 1924. In 1935 he built a 15-bed hospital of fieldstone on the same block, vacating old building. In 1936, Dr. Jones gave his hospital to the Sisters of the Dominican Order, Springfield, Ill. Renaming it St. Joseph's, the sisters obtained accreditation (1950) and in 1951 doubled its size by adding a wing. They sold it (1972) to the people of Collingsworth County.

Erected 1972 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 954.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 34° 50.936′ N, 100° 12.743′ W. Marker is in Wellington, Texas, in Collingsworth County. It is on 15th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1014 15th Street, Wellington TX 79095, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: O'Neil Building (approx. 0.4 miles away); Methodism in Collingsworth County (approx. half a mile away); First Methodist Church of Wellington (approx. half a mile away); Capt. Randolph Marcy's Exploration Route through Collingsworth County

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(approx. 2.7 miles away); Collingsworth County (approx. 3 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 7.7 miles away); Rocking Chair "Ranche" (approx. 7.7 miles away); The Red River Plunge of Bonnie and Clyde (approx. 7.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wellington.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 15, 2016

2. Collingsworth County Hospital Marker

Collingsworth County Hospital image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 15, 2016

3. Collingsworth County Hospital

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2016, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 678 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 6, 2016, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.