FIRST - Hospital - Canadian, TX
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 54.782 W 100° 22.729
14S E 375590 N 3975180
Now a private residence, this hospital was a God send in 1947.
Waymark Code: WM134ND
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2020
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County of Marker: Hemphill County
Location of Marker: 7th St. & Elsie St., Canadian
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1970
Marker Text
THE FORMER CANADIAN HOSPITAL
This building, now a residence, was Canadian's first hospital, opened on June 16, 1917. Funds for construction were obtained by public subscriptions.
Dr. H. C. Caylor, first owner, sold to Dr. L. V. Dawson in 1920. From 1924 to 1949, Dr. E. H. Morris was owner.
A tornado that killed or hurt some 200 to 260 people in the Glazier-Higgins area (10 to 27 miles northeast) on April 9, 1947, dramatized worth of this hospital - the only one in the immediate vicinity. It was closed in 1949.
Recorded Texas Historical Landmark, 1970
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