Administrator, Secretary Director of Nurses, Director of Nurses, Director of Nursing Service, Director of Personnel, Purchasing office, Business office, Bookkeeping and Insurance offices, Business machines office, Record room, Staff lounge, Chaplains office, and Reference library is on the top floor. We Would watch them court. Love Mississippi? I was born in Kuhn in Nov of 1978 and just learned of its history and now I am convinced that if I return there before they demolish it im going to find whats been tormenting my soul my entire lifemy story is long But am convinced that Kuhn is holding all the answers for meanyone else born there have something anything they cant figure out. 61. So did I. Just wondering what the latest may be on being ole Mercy back to life. Thanks for any info. Ann Hinston was a clinical instructor, as was Philomena Smartt. I was wondering if you by chance knew them? I was born there in 1959. China, Dr Said Elisa, and Dr Lemia. Abandoned Mississippi: Afro-American Sons and DaughtersHospital Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburgs MercyHospital Abandoned Mississippi: Port Gibson OilWorks Abandoned Mississippi: Southern ChristianInstitute Abandoned Mississippi: Central Delta Academy,Inverness, Categories: Abandoned Mississippi, Hospitals/Medical, Recent Past, Vicksburg. There was no such thing in those days. My older brother was transferred to Mercy right after he was born. Thank you for taking time to respond to my email. I had an aunt that was sent there to the asylum in the early 50s. My child was ill and it was discovered that she had a brain tumor, and I can tell you I may have be at the University of Mississippi with her but several of the nuns and father were with me and came anytime I need support-to the point of being with me when they told me it was inoperable. It may take some time. I was born here December 19, 1984. Eleanor, I was born at Kuhn Memorial State Hospital too 4/5/71 and Dr. Nathan B. Lewis delivered me. Kevin, is there a way for you to contact me at my email? Chris, I will have to give that a little thought. The original Mercy Hospital was downtown on Crawford Street near the city post office. Its an eye sore,if it is haunted set them to wear they need to go. They were trustees. There were plenty of white patients when I worked there. Mom was a LPN & Aunt Susie was a RN. My daughter was born at Kuhn on 11/22/84, and I didnt realize until a few years later after the hospital had closed that theyd put 11/23 on her birth certificate. would you be interested in sharing some of your stories that happend in khun hosptial. I also saved a lot of letters to my parents about events at Kuhn, and especially amazing birth events, prisoner-workers, etc. According to MDAHs database, it was closed after University Hospital opened in 1955 and demolished sometime before 1962: https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=11983&view=facts&y=856. The Kuhn closed in 1989, a victim of state politics and of course funding issues. I had inmate friends who showed me everything. I wish you a Very Happy New year and many more. Vicksburg Evening Post, Tuesday, May 7, 1957, p. 1ff. Someday Ill post some stories about people there! Dr. Montanezs wife was in training at Kuhn also. Hi my name is Lashonda Sims and i was born at Kuhn December 10, 1985. My mom in laws grandfather was there in 1913. Get more stories delivered right to your email. (Maybe Kiley?). My grandmother Maddie Hunter owned the Carriage Salon for 30 years. But the massive building is no longer a hive of activity, instead walled off from the community it once served by a high fence with razor wire on top. Delivering babies? He then added a third floor to his home, which wasnt far from the cemetery, so that he could view the statue of his beloved. I always wondered why they spent the money to build an entirely new hospital when they could have just spruced up this one. Shes an incredible facility and the maintenance guys the owners have are doing an excellent job at keeping her clean! Kuhn is currently being demolished. Constructed in the Georgian style of architecture at a cost of $1 million in 1937, the new red-brick hospital featured a slate roof, limestone columns, and a copper copula. Located, as it is on top of a hill mass, about forty feet above the road elevation at Grove street, the new hospital units command an impressive view from surrounding areas. were amazing! They just cant seem to get a bite on the building. I would love to get access to my medical records. I was born 5/8/1974.i was born thier also. Maybe great things will come out of it soon. To see that happen to the poor peoples hospital in the poorest state in the nation, with so much personal history brought water to my eyes when I found out it didnt have to happen. Unless its just allowed to rot down, which I guess is the current option. I pray that someone gives it new life. State funding also runs out for Matty Hersee Hospital in Meridian and South Mississippi State Hospital in Laurel, Mississippis other two general charity hospitals. Daisy was very young at the time of the War for Southern Independence but remembers the soldiers. From Jan. 1 to May 31, this year 72 babies started their lives at Kuhn. http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/cooper/index.php?itemno=2792. supported by tax dollars. I spent 42 years as a nurse at the hospital plus I have been living in the neighborhood since 1995. We are just looking for any information. I don't claim the rights to Kelly Clarkson's "Never Ag .more. Three months later a friend had her baby at River Region. Sharon Wilson, 69, was killed early Sunday morning, according to. We were considered as the Mayo Clinic of the South. The committee decided that a new building would be the best use, and in 1959, the institution opened a large new facility to the rear of the original buildings. I visited it last May walked through it. I have a picture of her but do not know anything else about her. His name is Greg Pearson and his number is 601-883-5000. Havent been down there in about 16 years. It made me sad to see empty and abandoned. I did retire in 2003! OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. I recall the inmates working here alongside my mom. The building site was graded so as to provide the main entrance and ambulance entrances to the out-patient division at one elevation and all service entrances on the west side at a lower elevation. A friend visted a few days past. We held clinic Monday through Friday. I wish I could remember who else at her time. It was a very interesting building to be in. What ever happened to the records, I was born there in 1959 and would be thrilled to have anything, my Mother passed years ago so I was just wondering, had a sister born in 1962 and one in 1969 the nurse named my baby sister, thought that was kind of neat, well her 1st name her middle name was after my Grandmother and grandfather. I was born here in 1963 and I lived until I was 17 five houses up from the hospital in Wildwood subdivision. Its sad to see the pictures of the hospital now. A beautiful chapel, constructed from private funds, is adjacent to the hospital and is accessible by means of a covered walk from the main building and to sisters and student nurses passing to and fro. Thanks for any info you provide. Thanks for the quick response.I tried to look it up on Google maps and I cant find it.is there an address by any chance?? I was born here in 1974. The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. They need to update the pics.. We have cleaned the outside up a good bit. Cant remember her name. This was a huge project which generated copius documentation for both the original buildings and the alterations and additions, 1954-1967. Thanks so very much! I was born there on April 6, 1965. When I vist Vicksburg, I slow down every time I pass by whats left of Kuhn. The derelict almost haunted Kuhn Memorial State Hospital lies abandoned on 1422 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. They were like two angels in my young mind. Amanda, I started working there in 1980. Please keep us posted. I have such wonderful memories of Kuhn the staff and patients everyone did the best that they could and our statistics were pretty amazing. I could have delivered you! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The move was completed on February 17, 2002. Sam P, Head lines Vicksburg Post,march 02nd, 2016; Kuhn Hospital; Murder Suspect Escap;es. Thank you in advance. Preservation has a long history in the Magnolia State, and we hope this blog will help build a stronger community of local and state preservationists. A lot of the information on that episode of ghost asylum is inaccurate. Ma. He was gifted and caring. I am a Paranormal Investigator and would love to get our Paranormal Group in there to do an Investigation. I was wondering if you knew if it was still standing today? I also met with the co-founder of Delta Paranormal Project and he showed me around and I experienced some very strange and awesome things. Are people allowed to go in? Perhaps they were given to the client? I was born oct 1978 also and was adopted. But we found a lot of neat stuff and took tons of pics too. Bea Blackmon (I was a Coventry back then). Its kind of sad to see things you remember disappearing. Kuhn Memoriall Hospital The Head Lines in the Vicksburg Post, Satrurday, March 05th, 2016. Im a Beamon, Walter Beamon at that, my uncle was a cop there for many years. It was Dr. James P. Guerriero, Has the building been purchased and reopened. Theres also an option to participate in a paranormal investigation at McRaven. I am interested in knowing who your mom and sister were since they also went to the apparent same school. Did you deliver a baby on May 29,1985. How did MissPres get its start? Two oldest born at home. An abandoned Civil Rights Era icon The Ben Moore Hotel, pictured here, opened its doors in 1945 and in 1951 became the first hotel in Montgomery, Alabama to welcome African Americans as guests.. How disappointing. Janne, do you remember a nurse midwife named Polly! She was a LPN. as i was told there was on nurse that never gave up and brought my sister back to life.Jessica Lanne Smith .Mother was Sara Lynn Smith..Our step mother Was Cynthia Renee dickerson.. my mother knew a wonderful black woman named Bootsie who was like a surrogate mom to many of the student nurses around 1941. I would like to know how to contact them . However, it sat vacant for years, and frankly it was pretty creepy. Carolyn, my name is Betty Phillips. Breaks my heart to see the Mercy just sitting there. So sad. I wonder when she was there? I was born at Kuhn on 10/13/1973 at 6:27 am I think Dr Nathan B Lewis was my moms doctor. Did you deliver a baby boy in 80 to the name of Robearra Augusta Smith. The abandoned hospital then became a subject of local lore. What an outstanding hospital with excellent care. However, I heard that the Street Clinic would be used for physicians that want to rent. Next was having a reaction to penicillin in the emergency room when it was on street level. Learn how your comment data is processed. Abandoned Mississippi: Kings Daughters Nurses Home, Greenwood Abandoned Mississippi: Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital Abandoned Mississippi: Kuhn Memorial State Hospital, Vicksburg Abandoned Mississippi: Central Delta Academy, Inverness Abandoned Mississippi: Yazoo County Agricultural High School. I cant remember the percentage of blacks/whites. If you get caught in the gates you will have trespassing charges pressed on you and you will go to jail. I graduated from RN school there at Mercy in 1961 and stayed til I retired in 2003. Kris, it is a sad day today in seeing items being moved out of the Street Clinic to the new medical building on 61N. Awww!!! Chris. Kuhn formed me as a newly graduated Certified Nurse Midwife. A Copy of this Newspaper is in my possession She died in isolation and was my patient. Not sure of the correct spelling of these Doctors. I have been gone from the area since late 70s. I am Renetta Shinall born there on December 30, 1980. My mother passed away here in 1994 and that was the last time I ever was at the hospital. I was born there on 19 of nov 1980. The small rural communities are fortunate to have hospitals! We had ob patients deliver their baby at the Hosp and just leave the baby there. Click here for a history of Psychiatric Hospitals. I am praying that I will have possession of the property soon so that we can start fundraising and working on it. The 4th floor was a minimum security prison. You can certainly go there. It turned out to be a vast amount of informaton. My name is Mary. We graduated in 1967 just as the new affiliation with Hattiesburg was starting. Is that building for sale, if so how much? One of the first babies to survive the surgeries he had. Man connectged to Kuhn Hosp;ital KIlling onthe Loose. I will be visiting Kuhn tomorrow around noon in case any fans of Kuhn want to join me. Anyone know who owns the Building now? Drugs from the pharmacy will be dispensed to out patients through the business office with pharmacy located directly behind the business office. Underground radar shows that as many as 7,000 patients' bodies lie underneath what was once the Mississippi State Insane Asylum. The Sisters ran it with authority and care for the people who came through its doors. That is beautiful! The hospitals, set up in 1916, together maintain 199 of the states 15,800 hospital beds on a $6.8 million budget. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Under all the debris, there are still things that spark memories of this place. I was scheduled to give birth here but was sent to Jackson when I went into labor early. Kuhn was one of several charity hospitals in the South, used by both blacks and whites who couldnt pay private providers. My second son was born at Mercy Hospital. Tell me i was one u did.. Nov 19 1980 I was almost 11 pounds.. As a former employ of River Region Health System, I can provide a little bit of information on the retirement of the old Mercy Hospital building and moving to the new facility on Hwy 61 North. I also live in Wildwood and I am a neighbor of Mrs. Farr, retired RN who was the night supervisor for years. BJ, Dr. Potnis married Karen Fujikawa, who was a pediatric nurse practitioner before becoming a nurse midwife. Weve been searching.for the right building for over two years and weve seen some buildings in really bad shape. Abandoned and practically destroyed by a fire, its just a shell of the state-of-the-art facility it once was. I was told it was only on the long versions. After that, my research gets a bit fuzzy because I havent been able to establish dates of when the hospital finally closed and whether the new River Regional Medical Center on Highway 61 is considered a successor or is a new hospital entirely. From the abandoned hospital in Pripyat, Ukraine that fell victim to the most catastrophic nuclear disaster of the 20th century to the Nazi hospital that tended to Hitler's legions, the historical appeal of these derelict institutions is matched only by their fear factor. I really would love for it to be restored and opened back up as a hospital.. Not a hotel. Apparently everyone thinks the cost of refurbishing the ruins is not worth the return on their investment..at least so far. I am just now reading this because Ive been so busy since January 1 with a sick sister. Think it will be a grand adventure to rebuild this great historical landmark. Would you care to contact me and share some stories? According to a 1944 Vicksburg newspaper article, 360 babies were born at the hospital last year, about 90 percent of them colored.. Hope this helps with the time line a little. After graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi, Daniella began to hone her writing skills through various internships, working for The Royal Obsession and Anatomie clothing. Activities for all ages including kids who can help with littler prevention. Janne Debes Your email address will not be published. Mabus, however, vetoed the support. Death has become normalized in Hillcrest San Diego next to 2 hospitals. Kuhn Memorial Hospital, Mississippi. Who is E.L. Malvaney? However, I was genuinely surprised to see how solid the two buildings are, apart from the missing windows, doors, and vandalized interiors. Interesting building, I do suggest if you go there dont go by yourself for where its located is not safe. She is is her mid 80s and still very active. Dr John Alexander Klein Birchett had cropped his dogs tail on a makeshift operating table at the Hosp. God! A few days before Mr B died I was asking for help. She delivered my son there on Oct 8 1980. I went to nursing school there. This is a very interesting article that shows the history of Vicksburg and the contents within the beautiful. Many of the plans would fall through and nothing much has happened with the building since then. just curious.. I saw June when my mom died as she came down the graveside service at Hermanville. MY Paranormal team would like to do an investigation down there this month. We were just talking about Dr. G on Thurs. I was sure I had contracted lockjaw. It also makes me sick to see the old Mercy Hospital just sitting there along with the Street Clinic for I retired from there after 45 years of service. Mr B asked for a hotel room as he did not want to be abandoned at the bus bench. Check out the video below, which was shot at Kuhn State Memorial Hospital, to see some of the creepy happenings for yourself. To me it is atrocious the way they treated these people. It also OKd $2.13 million for Matty Hersee Hospital, $2.03 million for Laurels South Mississippi State Hospital and $99,642 for the State Eleemosynary Board. r/ AbandonedPorn 4 mo. I will check my delivery records sometime today its a busy day. Ms Franco was charge nurse on 2nd floor in day and there were many capable nurses that are still alive who worked that floor as well as some who have gone on to be with their maker. It was when doctors and nurses still cared about the patients and were connected. South Mississippi Charity Hospital in Laurel is also among the abandoned places in Mississippi. If you read down further you will see some of the comments that I have made. I hope you can find answers!!!! Author. I would get off the city bus at the bowling alley, walk through the hospital to see my mom, then walk the rest of the way home. It was me and an orderly who happened to be an conscientious objective who was serving his time. The Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi was a famous African-American hospital funded by a fraternal organization called the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. Reading this makes me wonder what really happen the morning I gave birth. Mr. For anyone interested in helping out in any way to rehab the property, let us know so we can meet and make some plans. I have been retired from nursing since 2003. The true history is quite splendid better than fiction actually. Blvd.) Aside from Kuhn State Memorial Hospital, what are some other notoriously creepy places in Vicksburg? We walked the whole hospital and took pictures, got alot of orbs and several apreritions , got black shadows and voices. I really want to see the inside of it. Just curious. Do you know the address of The Pest House? I remember I cut my foot when I was a toddler and my mom didnt have a car, she picked me up and ran to Kuhn because it was a very bad cut. Even the morgue, the prison part, solarium, the whole works. Document # 001. Somehow I still remember these things and remembered the severe lack of parking and the view of the Mississippi River from there. the medical records were to be stored in the state archive building.. wanda norwood was the one getting the records prepared for transport after it closed.. You can check with the state health dept and they should be able to tell you more. Its sad to see the hospital in that condition. pest house is still there.. it has been somewhat restored and families still live there.. Ah! With the Administration and Out patient division areas to the north, with easy access from Grove Street, the nursing units are to the south where they receive southern sun and prevailing summer breezes. Several became my good friends. Found an old photo from 1910 that notes it being in Belhaven Heights https://secure.flickr.com/photos/mississippi-dept-of-archives-and-history/7164517907/in/set-72157630076470266. My son was born there in 1980. Completion of the new Mercy Hospital-Street Memorial, three-million dollar structure, along with the Street Clinic and other adjoining facilities, is heralded as an important step forward for Vicksburg and this entire area. My mother worked in admitting here in 1978-79. The inspector said if nothing is said or done within that 120 days, the issue would be taken to the Mayor and Board of Alderman. Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital. Changes in medicine and mission brought about yet another large building in 1962, this one replacing the antebellum substantial house and its 1909 annex with the brick building that greets a visitor today. Todays Head line in VIcksburg Post, February 28th, 2016; A Step Closer? I suggest everyone go and explore while you still can This place is gonna be demolished sometime in January or February of this coming year. The Vicksburg Post Tuesday, February 02nd, 2016 Anybody know if theres any truth to that? Shirley, I remember you well. Call us at 1-877-57-LEMON or complete the free case review form. June and I were in the same nursing class (1961) at Mercy. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to posts author and Preservation in Mississippi with appropriate and specific direction and links to the original content. I was told that she was still birth. If you remember me please message me on Facebook. I remember the form looking like a glow in the dark black chalk board with white writing. Heavy equipment began tearing down the walls that were once part of the Kuhn . Also, parking was becoming a large problem at the facility. Dr. Deborah Smith saved his life (blood disorder) at three months and again at 5 months. You'll receive your first newsletter soon! Does anyone know if this was the only hospital open at that time in Vicksburg? Dr. Ting was from China. 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