Haynes Area in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital / Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.
/(1919-2004)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020
1. Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital side of marker
Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital. Opened in 1927, Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital provided African-Americans in Nashville with modern healthcare and drew patients & medical professionals from across the country. The mid-century modern Pagoda of Medicine, designed by Leon Q. Jackson, was built in 1963 for Dr. Carl A. Dent, who twice served as the chief medical director & president of the medical staff. McKissack and McKissack oversaw the construction of new facilities in the 1970s. The hospital closed in 1983.
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D. (1919-2004). Dorothy Brown was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Penn. She attended Meharry Medical College and studied under Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr., who admitted her as the first black woman to the surgery program. She was the first female African-American surgeon in the South, and the first to be made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She was chief of surgery at Riverside Hospital from 1957-1983. In 1966, she became the first African-American woman to serve in the Tenn. Gen. Assembly.
Erected 2018 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 167.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans
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Location. 36° 12.264′ N, 86° 47.745′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in the Haynes Area. Marker is on Youngs Lane, ¼ mile west of Baptist World Center Drive, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800 Youngs Lane, Nashville TN 37207, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Griggs Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Haynes High School (approx. half a mile away); Heaton's Station (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Heaton's Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Nashville Race Course (approx. 0.8 miles away); Samuel Watkins (approx. 0.9 miles away); "Historic Talbot's Corner" / Thomas Talbot 1760-1831 (approx. one mile away); Zephaniah Alexander Looby (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020
2. Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D. side of marker
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020
3. Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 603 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on April 9, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
