Brewster Hospital - Jacksonville, FL
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N 30° 19.861 W 081° 40.089
17R E 435772 N 3355654
Located on the NE corner of North Davis Street and West Monroe Street in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM44YX
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2008
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Originally constructed in 1885 as the private residence of Hans Christian Peters, a meat dealer, the building is one of Jacksonville’s oldest Victorian structures.
Peters sold the home in 1901 to the Missionary Society of Methodist Episcopal Church which -- through a partnership with the Boylan-Haven School -- converted the building to the “Brewster Hospital and Nurse Training School.”
The first hospital for African-Americans in Jacksonville, Brewster Hospital opened its doors to both whites and blacks during the Great Fire of 1901.
The city relocated the structure from its former location at 915 W. Monroe St. to the northeast corner of Monroe and Davis Streets in September 2005.
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