Banning General Hospital Naval Convalescent Hospital, Banning | |
Partof: | Desert Training Center |
Location: | Banning, California |
Type: | Military hospital |
Demolished: | 1948 |
Condition: | Demolished |
Controlledby: | United States Army, United States Navy |
Banning General Hospital, later the Naval Convalescent Hospital, Banning, was a U.S. military hospital in Banning, California, built in 1943 to support training at the Desert Training Center. Built by the army as a 1,000-bed hospital, it was transferred to the navy in 1944. In 1948 the site was declared surplus, all buildings were removed, and the leased land was returned to the original owners.
It was a military hospital used from 1943 to 1944.