Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School
Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, originally Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and School for Nurses, opened in 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1512 Lombard Street with had 15 beds. It was the city's first hospital for African Americans and the second hospital in the United States for African Americans. In 1897, it graduated its first two nurses. It expanded and in 1948 merged with Mercy Hospital to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital in hopes of improving both of their both of their financials conditions. Mercy-Douglas closed in 1973. Nathan F. Mossell served as chief of staff. His brother Aaron Albert Mossell was the hospital's lawyer. William Albert Sinclair was its financial secretary beginning in 1904. He wrote Aftermath of Slavery.
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Lombard Street, Philadelphia Center City
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Lombard Street 1500
19146 Philadelphia, Center City
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