Sarah Robb House - Gainesville, FL
N 29° 39.002 W 082° 19.645
17R E 371520 N 3280743
A blue plaque recognizing Sarah Lucretia Robb is located at the historic Robb home, now the Alachua County Medical Society, in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WM39V1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
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The blue plaque for Sarah Robb was created as part of The Great Floridians 2000 Program. According to the Florida Department of State website about this program
(visit link): "The Great Floridians 2000 program was designed to recognize individuals who distinguished themselves through their philanthropy, public service or personal or professional service, and who have enhanced the lives of Florida's citizens. In 1998, the Florida Department of State and the Florida League of Cities, to help celebrate the approaching turn of the century, initiated the program to dedicate a special series of commemorative plaques in cities throughout the state. These plaques recognized "Great Floridians 2000" by honoring men and women who made significant contributions to the history and culture of our state."
"Anyone could nominate an individual to be designated a Great Floridian 2000 by submitting a Great Floridians 2000 application. These applications were periodically reviewed by the appointed Great Floridians 2000 Committee, a group of seven distinguished historians from throughout Florida. The applications included the listing of an historical property where the plaque was affixed that was associated with the Great Floridian. Once the decisions were made, nominators were notified and advised on how and where to purchase the commemorative plaque."
The following is a biography of Sarah Robb posted on the Great Floridians 2000 Program website
(visit link): "Sarah Robb was born in 1852 and was Alachua County’s first female physician. She received a nursing degree and, with encouragement from her husband, decided to pursue a medical degree. When medical schools in the United States would not accept her, Robb went to Germany and received a medical degree there. She moved to Gainesville in 1883 with her children to join her husband who was recuperating from tuberculosis. She was a "horse and buggy" doctor, traveling around Alachua County making house calls and delivering babies. She also set up a clinic with overnight beds in her office. With her husband and another physician she published a book of "common sense" medicine for public use. She died in 1937. Her Great Floridian plaque is located at the Alachua County Medical Society, 235 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville."
According to the
Alachua County Medical Society: "The ACMS is located in the historic Robb House at 235 S.W. 2nd Avenue in Gainesville, Florida. The building was the original home and office of Doctors Lucretia and Robert Robb, one of Florida's first husband and wife physician teams. The Robb House was restored by the Medical Society and its Auxiliary in 1982. The Robb House is also home to the Medical Museum which houses the original furniture and medical equipment and instruments used by the Robbs. Included in the collection are instruments, equipment and artifacts which have been donated to the museum by physicians and the community."