Union Community Hospital

Union Community Hospital
Geography
Location	Union, South Carolina, United States
Organization
Type	General
History
Construction started	1915
Opened	December 1932
Closed	1958
Links
Lists	Hospitals in South Carolina
Union Community Hospital
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Union County Community Hospital, March 2012
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Location	213 W. Main St., Union, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°42′52″N81°37′32″W / 34.71444°N 81.62556°W / 34.71444; -81.62556
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1915 (1915), 1949
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Union MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000835 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1996

Union Community Hospital is a historic hospital building for African-American patients during segregation located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. The front section was built about 1915 as a frame residence, and is a two-story building on which a brick veneer was placed in the 1930s, with Neo-Classical style design elements. The brick rear section was added in 1949. The Union Community Hospital was founded in December 1932, and provided services to the African-American community of Union County for 43 years. ^{[2] [3]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Paul Gettys (October 1995). "Union Community Hospital" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
3. "Union Community Hospital, Union County (213 W. Main St., Union)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

External links

W. Lawrence W. Long Resource Center