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Pettigrew Hospital

 
 
Pettigrew Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, August 22, 2014
1. Pettigrew Hospital Marker
Inscription. Site of Confederate hospital. U.S. Army barracks. Confederate Soldiers' Home. 1891-1938.
 
Erected 1940 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number H-33.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Science & MedicineWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.
 
Location. 35° 46.785′ N, 78° 37.356′ W. Memorial is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of New Bern Avenue and South Tarboro Street, on the right when traveling east on New Bern Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1127 New Bern Ave, Raleigh NC 27610, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper 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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First N.C. State Fair (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Augustine's College (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charles N. Hunter (about 500 feet away); Raleigh National Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. 0.4 miles away); North Carolina Confederate POWs (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate Monument
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Shotwell (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.
 
Pettigrew Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 1, 2023
2. Pettigrew Hospital Marker
Pettigrew Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 1, 2023
3. Pettigrew Hospital Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 850 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on October 9, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   2, 3. submitted on September 26, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 10, 2026