Midtown in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 2008

1. Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses Marker

Inscription. This was the site of the first hospital in Savannah to train African-American doctors and nurses. Named for Doctors Cornelius and Alice McKane, it began on June 1, 1896, when a small group of African Americans received a charter to operate the McKane Hospital for Women and Children and Training School for Nurses. The original hospital was a five-room wooden building. Charity Hospital completed this brick structure in 1931 and continued here until 1964. The building was used as a nursing home until 1976 and was rehabilitated for housing in 2002.

Erected 2002 by Georgia Historical Society, Mercy Housing SouthEast, Sisters of Mercy, St.Joseph's/Candler, and Cuyler-Brownville Neighborhood Assc. (Marker Number 25-14.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1921.

Location. 32° 3.595′ N, 81° 6.429′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Midtown. It is on West 36th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located between Florance and Burroughs Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Florance Street School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Kiah House Museum (1959-2001) (about 500 feet away); Silence (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sailors' Burial Ground (approx. half a mile away); Mother Mathilda Beasley, O.S.F. (approx. half a mile away); Laurel Grove South Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Lawton Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Saint Phillips Monumental A.M.E. Church (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savannah.

Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses Marker at right image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008

2. Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses Marker at right

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,851 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.