National Register of Historic Places

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children

Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia
Listed
May 7, 2013
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
13000262

About this property

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, also known as Morris Memorial Nursing Home, is a historic hospital building located at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration as a hospital for children with polio. The modified U-shaped limestone building consists of a two-story central section, flanked by 1+1⁄2-story, Y-shaped wings. The central section features a domed and louvered cupola and a two-story portico. It has a T-shaped wing used as a school and a boiler house attached to the school wing by a hyphen. The hospital closed in 1960. It was subsequently used as a nursing home until 2009. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Location

Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia
38.42428, -82.10493

Categories

HEALTH/MEDICINESOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children listed on the National Register?

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 2013.

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Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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