Urban Core in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Old Brewster Hospital
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, September 25, 2014
1. Old Brewster Hospital Marker
Inscription.
Old Brewster Hospital. . Built in 1885 as a private residence, Old Brewster Hospital and Nursing Training School was the first medical facility to serve Jacksonvilles African-American community. Located in the LaVilla neighborhood, the hospital opened in 1901 through the efforts of the Womens Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Matilda Cutting Brewster of Danielson, Connecticut, donated $1,000 in honor of her late husband, the Rev. George A. Brewster, to help start the hospital. Brewster Hospital was sponsored by the nearby Boylan Industrial Home and School, a private institution for African-American girls. One of the earliest nursing training programs in Florida, its students were welcomed by the community and made 1,230 house calls in 1901. The hospital soon outgrew its first facility, and in 1910 relocated to a different part of LaVilla. By 1931, it was located in a large brick building on North Jefferson Street in the Old Sugar Hill neighborhood. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Brewster Hospital closed in 1966 and reopened in 1967 as the Methodist Hospital. In 2005, the Old Brewster Hospital building was moved to its present location from its original site at 915 West Monroe Street. ,
A Florida Heritage Site. ,
Built in 1885 as a private residence, Old Brewster Hospital and Nursing Training School was the first medical facility to serve Jacksonvilles African-American community. Located in the LaVilla neighborhood, the hospital opened in 1901 through the efforts of the Womens Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Matilda Cutting Brewster of Danielson, Connecticut, donated $1,000 in honor of her late husband, the Rev. George A. Brewster, to help start the hospital. Brewster Hospital was sponsored by the nearby Boylan Industrial Home and School, a private institution for African-American girls. One of the earliest nursing training programs in Florida, its students were welcomed by the community and made 1,230 house calls in 1901. The hospital soon outgrew its first facility, and in 1910 relocated to a different part of LaVilla. By 1931, it was located in a large brick building on North Jefferson Street in the Old Sugar Hill neighborhood. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Brewster Hospital closed in 1966 and reopened in 1967 as the Methodist Hospital. In 2005, the Old Brewster Hospital building was moved to its present location from its original site at 915 West Monroe Street.
A Florida Heritage Site
Erected 2012 by The Brewster
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and Community Nurses Alumni Association and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-742.)
Location. 30° 19.858′ N, 81° 40.091′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Urban Core. It is at the intersection of West Monroe Street and North Davis Street, on the left when traveling east on West Monroe Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 915 W Monroe St, Jacksonville FL 32202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, 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 Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,143 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
