Number      00903

Scan Date     7/15/02

Time Period    1953

Subject Matter     Hospital

Location      Monroe, North Carolina

Description 

The New Union Memorial Hospital

 

Photographer (if known)  Walter Sprouse, Sr.

Notes

The hospital opened Feb. 22, 1953 with the first patient being admitted March 1, 1953 (Mrs. Roy Medlin of Unionville, NC).  The first baby was born on the same day at 9:45 pm, proud parents were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Redmond of Monroe.  (per Monroe Journal, Dec. 4, 1959)

This building still stands as of 2010 and is used for various administrative offices for the hospital now known as Carolinas Medical Center - Union.

-Notes & Photographer's name added by Patricia Poland, 2/20/2010

Measurements of original photograph

Height  3 1/2"

Width  5"

Type of photograph    Black and White