Clarksburg in Harrison County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Veterans Administration Hospital

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 31, 2021

1. Veterans Administration Hospital Marker

Inscription. A 212-bed general medical and surgical hospital, dedicated Dec. 17, 1950 and activated for patients in March 1951. It maintains 97 medical, 90 surgical and 25 psychiatric beds. It is affiliated with the West Virginia University School of Medicine.

Erected 1981 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is December 17, 1950.

Location. 39° 16.14′ N, 80° 21.804′ W. Marker is in Clarksburg, West Virginia, in Harrison County. It is on Clarksburg Park Way (West Virginia Route 98) 0.4 miles south of Milford Street (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling south. It is at an entrance to the hospital. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Clarksburg WV 26301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Little Kanawha Valley.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oak Mounds (within shouting distance of this marker); Chimes Installed (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Simpson (approx. 1.1 miles away); Daniel Davisson Chapter NSDAR (approx. 1.2 miles away); Daniel Davisson DAR Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); Daniel Davisson (approx. 1.3 miles away); Clarksburg Defenses (approx. 1.3 miles away); Nathan Goff, Jr. House (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clarksburg.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 31, 2021

2. Veterans Administration Hospital Marker

Hospital buildings can be seen in the distance.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 4, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.