Dunbar Memorial Hospital (Parkside Hospital)
- Identifier
- DBB-BUS-00596
- Name
- Dunbar Memorial Hospital
- Name Variations
- Parkside Hospital
- Type
- Organization or Club
- Activity
- hospital
- Year Established
- 1918
- Description
- Dunbar Memorial Hospital was a public non-profit hospital incorporated in 1918. It was the first public hospital for African Americans in Detroit. It was originally located at 576 and 580 Frederick Street. The original hospital building has been preserved and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1928, the hospital moved to a larger facility at Brush St. and Illinois St. The hospital was renamed Parkside Hospital.
- Location
- 576 Frederick Ave
- Affiliates
-
Greenidge, Robert
Role: Staff (Auxiliary Staff in 1924)Henderson, James L.
Role: Other Leadership Role (building committee member 1925)Turner, Alexander L.
Role: Board Member (founding trustee and first secretary) - Related Organization
- Mother's Clinic of Blaine Ave (Birth Control Clinic)
- References
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"Dunbar Hospital," National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/places/dunbar-hospital.htm.
"Dunbar Hospital," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar_Hospital. - Book Pages
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This business or an affiliated person appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): 2, 176.
- Documentation
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 38-39 (Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 15 (Dunbar Hospital)
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 24 (Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
- 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 16 (Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
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1933-12-23 Detroit Tribune, 6 (Mother's Clinic at Dunbar Memorial Hospital)
- Title
- Dunbar Memorial Hospital (Parkside Hospital)