Lady Ann Hospital, Livingston, TN, postcard 1953

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Lady Ann Hospital, Livingston, TN, postcard 1953. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
No creases or other problems, see photos. This is the 1947 version of the hospital (see below).
LADY ANN HOSPITAL
The first hospital in Livingston was opened in 1837, known as the Lady Ann Hospital, and was operated byDr. William M. Brown and Dr. Herman B. Nevans, who purchased the Sarah Preston Home located onPreston Street, which was formerly operated as a girls’ dormitory by the Livingston Academy, under theauspices of the Christian Women’s Board of Missions of the Disciples of Christ Church.This hospital, named for Mrs. Ann Brown, wife of Dr. Brown and a sister of Dr. Nevans, was operated fora few years and was the only hospital in the Upper Cumberland section, until World War II, when Dr.Nevans entered military service as a surgeon, and the hospital was closed, sold and made into a apartmenthouse.After the close of World War II Dr. Nevans returned to Livingston and soon afterwards a new corporationwas formed to build a new hospital, also named Lady Ann Hospital. The new corporation was composedof Dr. W. M. Brown, Dr. H. B. Nevans, J. A. Allred, J. W. Allred, W. B. Brown, A. D. McCormick, and C.R. McCormick. This new hospital was located on a lot purchased on the south side of University Street,just south of the Livingston Academy, where a new building was erected in 1946 and 1947 and dedicatedwith an opening on May 27, 1947. This new hospital started with 20 beds, modern hospital equipment andtrained nurses. A new wing was added in 1956 and other additions made.A new corporation was formed for the operation of this hospital on January 13, 1961, chartered under thename of the Lady Ann Memorial Hospital, with corporation members listed as Dr. W. M. Brown, Dr. H. B.Nevans, G. S. Shanks, C. R. McCormick, Dr. W. E. Clark, A. D. McCormick, Dr. W. G. Quarles, WillieMae Stroud, Dr. Joe Clark, Dr. C. E. Clark, Dr. D. D. Norris, Dr. J. R. Billings and G. F. Winningham.A new lady Ann Memorial Hospital for Livingston is now under construction. This new building will belocated on Oak and First Streets, is being erected by the Hospital Corporation of America.
(Not sure of date on this description of the new hospital as it was being started.)