Midtown in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses
Photographed By Mike Stroud, September 2008
1. Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses Marker
Inscription.
Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses. . This was the site of the first hospital in Savannah to train African-American doctors and nurses. Named for Doctors Cornelius and Alice McKane, it began on June 1, 1896, when a small group of African Americans received a charter to operate the McKane Hospital for Women and Children and Training School for Nurses. The original hospital was a five-room wooden building. Charity Hospital completed this brick structure in 1931 and continued here until 1964. The building was used as a nursing home until 1976 and was rehabilitated for housing in 2002.
This was the site of the first hospital in Savannah to train African-American doctors and nurses. Named for Doctors Cornelius and Alice McKane, it began on June 1, 1896, when a small group of African Americans received a charter to operate the McKane Hospital for Women and Children and Training School for Nurses. The original hospital was a five-room wooden building. Charity Hospital completed this brick structure in 1931 and continued here until 1964. The building was used as a nursing home until 1976 and was rehabilitated for housing in 2002.
Erected 2002 by Georgia Historical Society, Mercy Housing SouthEast, Sisters of Mercy, St.Joseph's/Candler, and Cuyler-Brownville Neighborhood Assc. (Marker Number 25-14.)
Location. 32° 3.595′ N, 81° 6.429′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Midtown. Marker is on West 36th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located between Florance and Burroughs Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Charity Hospital and Training School for Nurses Marker at right
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,227 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.
