Dunbar Hospital
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N 42° 21.706 W 083° 03.538
17T E 330447 N 4691997
Another missing marker, sigh. The posts are still visible though. The marker was located at the corner of Frederick Douglass Avenue and Richard Allen Boulevard. Streetside parking is available.
Waymark Code: WM12KR
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2006
Views: 18
At the time of World War I, health care for black Detroiters was inferior to that available for whites. Black physicians could not join the staffs of Detroit's white hospitals. On May 20, 1918, thirty black doctors, members of the Allied Medical Society (now the Detroit Medical Society) incorporated Dunbar Hospital, the city's first non-profit community hospital for the black population. It also housed the first black nursing school in Detroit. Located in a reform-minded neighborhood, this area was the center of a social and cultural emergence of the black residents of the city during the 1920s. In 1928, Dunbar moved to a larger facility and was later renamed Parkside, operating under that name until 1962. In 1978 the Detroit Medical Society, an affiliate of the National Medical Association, purchased the site for their administrative headquarters and a museum.
Historical Date: 05/20/1918
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #0478
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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