Maury County Colored Hospital

Maury County Colored Hospital is a Tennessee historical marker in Maury County.

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In 1923 A.J. Armstrong, W.L. Brown, J.H. Kelly, Dr. C.E. Jones, the Rev. W.H. Lampley, J.H. Sanders, and Albert Wright founded the Maury County Colored Hospital to serve African Americans in Maury and surrounding counties. The hospital suffered financial and staffing difficulties during World War II, but remained in use by the African American community. The hospital closed when the Maury Regional Hospital opened in 1954.

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1901 · Colombia, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1901 · Columbia, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Columbia, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1949 · Columbia, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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