Union Community Hospital Explained

Union Community Hospital

Location:

Union

State:

South Carolina

Country:

Type:

General

Constructed:

1915

Opened:

December 1932

Closed:

1958

Module:

Embed:	yes
Union Community Hospital
Location:	213 W. Main St., Union, South Carolina
Coordinates:	34.7144°N -81.6256°W
Built:	c., 1949
Architecture:	Classical Revival
Added:	August 1, 1996
Refnum:	96000835

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.^[1] ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes and References

Web site: Paul Gettys . Union Community Hospital. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 1995. pdf . 2014-07-01.
Web site: Union Community Hospital, Union County (213 W. Main St., Union). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-07-01.