Walden Hospital

Walden Hospital is a Tennessee historical marker in Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co, Chattanooga, 528 East 8th St. on block south of McCallie Ave.

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Dr. Emma Rochelle Wheeler, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, established, owned and operated Walden Hospital beginning in 1915. Established to serve the medical needs of Chattanooga's Negro community, the hospital had a 30-bed capacity. Walden was staffed by 19 black doctors of the Mountain City Medical Society. For 20 years, the hospital served as a nursing school. After 37 years of service, Walden Hospital closed in June 1952.

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Historical maps covering this location

1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1901 · Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Chattanooga, Tenn. (1901) (OldInsuranceMaps.net — Sanborn Map Collection)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1940 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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