Title

Providing Aid to Everyone: Segregated Hospitals in St. Louis

Description

People’s Hospital. 2221 Locust Street. 1993.
Located at 2221 Locust Street, the People’s Hospital was one of the primary healthcare facilities for African Americans and other people of color in St. Louis before the Civil Rights Act. Run by an interracial board of directors (an extremely uncommon occurance at the time), the hospital serviced the people of Mill Creek Valley following its opening in 1903. While the building remains intact at its original location, the People’s Hospital has been abandoned for years.

Hospital Group to Honor Dr. Major G. Seelig Tonight.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 07, 1948

MHS Photographs and Prints Collection, Missouri History Society, St. Louis, MO.

Creator

Schultz, David.

Subject

St. Louis History

Black and African American History

Locust Street

People's Hospital

Segregation

Healthcare

Neighborhood History

Mill Creek Valley Neighborhood

Segregated Hospitals

Interracial Business and Social Facilities