Downtown in Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lincoln Hospital

1909-ca. 1915

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2023

1. Lincoln Hospital Marker, Side One

Inscription. Responding to racial segregation in the Progressive Era, African American doctors established their own hospital here after being barred from treating black patients in city hospitals. With 12 rooms and a surgery suite, black physicians could fully practice their profession and demonstrate competency in high-skill disciplines. Women’s Auxiliary helped sustain operations.

Lincoln Hospital served the medical needs of a growing black population and was open to all classes throughout the state. The hospital’s training school for nurses afforded black women professional opportunities. Lincoln, along with Ward’s Sanitarium and Sisters of Charity Hospital, helped uplift Indianapolis’s black community through improved access to health care.

Erected 2018 by Indiana Historical Bureau • Friends of Lincoln Hospital. (Marker Number 49.2018.3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 39° 46.945′ N, 86° 9.771′ W. Marker is in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Marion County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of North

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Senate Avenue and 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Senate Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1109 N Senate Ave, Indianapolis IN 46202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Stutz (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Widows and Orphans Friends’ Society (approx. ¼ mile away); Crispus Attucks High School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Felrath Hines, Jr. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Independent Turnverein (approx. 0.3 miles away); USS Indianapolis CA-35 (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Freeman (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jonas Salk (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Indianapolis.

Also see . . .
1. Lincoln Hospital 1909-ca 1915. Indiana Historical Bureau marker page with extensive additional information about the marker subject. (Submitted on August 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. The Lincoln Hospital Indianapolis: an effort to remedy a "lamentable condition," 1909-1915. In 1909 two events occurred in Indianapolis that would define the city for decades. One came to be known around the world, while another slipped into obscurity. As the year wound down to the last bitter cold days of December, dignitaries tapped the last brick of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway into place. The other event, on December 15, the opening of the first hospital in Indianapolis that allowed black physicians to treat their patients, closed after

Lincoln Hospital Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2023

2. Lincoln Hospital Marker, Side Two

just five years. (Norma Erickson, Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, 2014) (Submitted on August 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Lincoln Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2023

3. Lincoln Hospital Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.