Union Community Hospital

Union Community Hospital

Union County Community Hospital, March 2012
Location 213 W. Main St., Union, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°42′52″N 81°37′32″W / 34.71444°N 81.62556°W / 34.71444; -81.62556Coordinates: 34°42′52″N 81°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 # 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Paul Gettys (October 1995). "Union Community Hospital" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  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 2014-07-01.


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