Thanks. My youngest son was born there! Thank you! Originally created to care for injured sailors working on the Mississippi River, this hospital was a campus of six . Now for about 15 years I have been a volunteer in the gift shop. The hospital proper is divided into nine parts. Does anyone know who I would contact to get permission to explore? VICKSBURG, Miss. Over the years, visitors to the cemetery have claimed that the statue of Laura Kelly appears to be weeping. My best guess is that Mercy closed around 2000. Chris, I will have to give that a little thought. VICKSBURG, Miss. June 29, 2015 / 11:06 AM / CBS/AP. I knew I would be feeling better soon. My Mother-in-law Carolyn Flether Peebles gave birth to my husband on December 19, 1982 @ Kuhn state hospital so you might have delived him! It took its place at this location, then a suburban estate with a substantial house in 1847. Thanks! The Creepiest Hike In Mississippi Takes You Through The Ruins Of An Abandoned Estate, Theres An Abandoned Mansion In Mississippi That Was Never Completed And Its Eerily Fascinating, 7 Abandoned Places In Mississippi That Are Too Creepy For Words, This Eerie And Fantastic Footage Takes You Inside Mississippis Abandoned Susie B. By 1871, the state took over the hospital and it assumed a number of different roles. 14. I have fond memories of studying in the Battlefields, sitting on a cannon, then walking back to our dorm behind the hospital. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Extremely distraught over his wifes death, he wanted a statue in her likeness. We are working to take back the model from the overgrowth. I inquired whether it was a Black Hospital; His reply; No, all i know is what i saw in the waiting rooms, but it appeared to me that it was a Poor Peoples Hospital. About as many white as black patients. (Note This is about the population mix of the area. Dr. Horn was a Pediatrician in with Dr. Jarrett from1960 until I left in 1968. The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was United States legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. (Maybe Kiley?). I spent more than a few hours in the ER getting sewn up after football practices and games at St. Al. I dont remember which office has those records but start with the Mississippi State Health Dept. My mother, Tess Marsalis, worked at the Street Clinic for Dr. Gus Street. Perhaps bodies were transported immediately to Jackson. Havent been down there in about 16 years. I was born here in 1968 and my brother was born here in 1972. She has a keen interest in the macabre and an unquenchable thirst for uncovering the secrets of the haunted world around us. Particularly since you are so young. When Vicksburg Police arrived to question McCloud, he gave them grim news, Captain Williams said. I am praying that I will have possession of the property soon so that we can start fundraising and working on it. I see June occasionally. Any photos posted would be great ! I guess when river region came up Park View went down. I dont remember her. Anyone know anything about that big room with the fireplace? During time of bad weather, the act of getting people up to the top of the hill was much worse. My Mom, Mary Rose Phillips worked there. I know that my home in the Shoals (Alabama) did not receive a dedicated hospital until World War I, and it was a larger-sized area even then, not a small town. Will share this with my son who is 26. Jen Michalski, a California-based author, joins us this week to talk about abandoned sanitoriums and state hospitals that can be found east of the Mississippi. Mabus proposed re-channelling the hospital funds into Medicaid so they could receive federal matching funds. Youngest child born in Hosptial in Yazoo City,. Got some strange feelings especially in the room with the fireplace as well as some other rooms neer that room. As well as a male nurse named Thomas! I wish I could remember who else at her time. old was openwood street . I never knew the history of this hospital until I came across an article on Facebook. Trial Set; Man Indicted in Kuhn Killing; by Alama Norris; The Man Accused of Stalking, Raping, Abducting and Killing Sharen Wilson in Jejune 2015, is set to Stand Trial in June, 2016. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material, including text and images, without express and written permission from this blogs author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. If you have any information, and or pictures/websites with pictures please reply! I arrived in 1980. Polly Malby. You can enjoy a history tour, haunted tour, or combo tour. is the hospital still there today i would love to take a trip there thanks. This hospital had an asylum and morgue and a prison unit. Your email address will not be published. If I recall correctly, the hospital is not owned by the state anymore but a private developer. Interesting building, I do suggest if you go there dont go by yourself for where its located is not safe. Fond, fond memories. They need to update the pics.. We have cleaned the outside up a good bit. But changes in the medical industry (implicit in the new term medical industry) forced them to sell the hospital in 1991 to a group called Quorum Health Care. From 2021 to 2022, I participated . Its an eye sore,if it is haunted set them to wear they need to go. Shes an incredible facility and the maintenance guys the owners have are doing an excellent job at keeping her clean! dee_prodigal@yahoo.com, Found a Postcard image of the original Vicksburg City Hospital which became State Charity Hospital at Vicksburg with the Confederate Veterans Annex, Lost of historical images of Vicksburg buildings in this digital archive collection, Mississippi State Charity Hospital and Confederate Veterans Annex, Vicksburg, Miss 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. The small rural communities are fortunate to have hospitals! I went to nursing school there. Somehow I still remember these things and remembered the severe lack of parking and the view of the Mississippi River from there. Delivering babies? Hi Kris, unfortunately the expense of restoring this would be astronomical. Preservation in Mississippi, 2009-2017. 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. The abandoned hospital then became a subject of local lore. Trying to find out who delivered me. Abandoned Hospital in Laurel, Mississippi. Among them, some former psychiatric hospitals are shrouded in controversy over patient mistreatment. The crazy thing was that he resembled my father in stature and physical characteristics. I was watching a eposide of ghost asylum and never knew the history they spoke of. Home Abandoned Mississippi Abandoned Mississippi: Kuhn Memorial State Hospital,Vicksburg, By ELMalvaney on September 23, 2010 ( 206 ). We walked the whole hospital and took pictures, got alot of orbs and several apreritions , got black shadows and voices. Hundreds of psychiatric institutions opened between the mid-1800s. Cant remember her name. The Vicksburg Medical Center located on I-20 was owned by HCA in Nashville and Parkview was own by Quorum in Brentwood TN. Your post only showed your first name and I have been trying to place you. I went to nursing school here in mid 60s and to see it in this condition makes me sick. She said there wasnt any air conditioning and that there was no pain medication.. I could have delivered you! I really would love for it to be restored and opened back up as a hospital.. Not a hotel. In 2016, I returned to Vicksburg and was driving around and saw how the hospital was abandoned and in seemingly a lot of disrepair. authorities began their search Friday at Kuhn Memorial Hospital, going through each building on the property flor by floor, but found nothing. My mother was Peggy Ann Calcote and her older sister was Janice Calcote. (function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js'playList=519366027&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&videoGroupID=155847 . Also, this web site contains a vast amou nt of information. I remember the nursing home on Cherry Street. Do you think there is any reasonable hope that any part of the hospital could be saved? Sister Marcy was a GOOD friend of mine! SISTER MARCY GARCIA WAS THERE IN 1980 & 1981, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT DELIVERED MY SON ON MAY 28, 1981. Its believed to be haunted by the ghosts of two young girls, one of whom died in the hospital when she was accidentally given too much anesthesia. While the new hospital is designed for 200 beds, provision is made for adding fifty additional beds on the fifth floor at a later date. I was a student nurse in the clinical phase of nursing school. Its hard to see this. We are Preparing for Trial, District Attorney Ricky Smith said, We want to bring this to a close as soon as possible, In June, Mrs, Wilson, 69, was Attacked in her Drummond Street home and taken to the Abandoned Kuhn Memorial Hospital on Martin Luther King Boulevard, where she was Shot with a Stolen Gun in One of the Buildings, and her body left in a wooded area of he property where it was found by Ghost Hunters. Yes, it needs cleaning and some replacement of stolen plumbing, but overall, its is great condition. We did have a golf cart that would help transport people from the bottom of the hill to the top of the hill, but it wasnt always enough. My sister and I also had our tonsils taken out by Dr. Masterson on the same day and shared a room in the hospital. 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. The abandoned portion of the Beelitz-Heilsttten Hospital is located off of Strae nach Fichtenwalde 16, in Beelitz-Heilsttten, Beelitz, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the state of Brandenburg, Germany. I remember you very well. happy memories of the hospital and Mercy Hospital Street Memorial School of Nursing.I retired from Nursing in 2005. Blaine. Does anyone know if this was the only hospital open at that time in Vicksburg? I graduated from RN school there at Mercy in 1961 and stayed til I retired in 2003. Well, in Mississippi, there's a whole lot of them! June and I were in the same nursing class (1961) at Mercy. But somehow that too may fall . Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. The main hospital building and its adjoining units form a huge U. Thank goodness they built a new one with easy access. Hope it does not become vacant for I live in the subdivision right next door. Sadly this year was the last time the hospital will be used for an airsoft event. I would to see something done with the building. I would love to see that building remodeled and used for something great. The original Mercy Hospital was downtown on Crawford Street near the city post office. Did you know Johnny B. Taylor? We had other foreign Doctors. Anne Peacock and Sister Marcy were there in 1978. 1918 points 30 comments. God! Also her sister, Susie Ward worked there, she was a RN. The Vicksburg Medical Center facility was sold to Quorum in mid 1998 and soon afterward the integration of the two hospitals began. The Vicksbug City Hospital by adding your comments (insightful, silly, but always respectful) and sharing important stories from your neck of the woods. From all appearances it would seem that the Kuhn is headed for demolition by neglect. I did feel sad, since I loved working there. I was born here in the summer of 1991. If you want send me a friend request. When it comes to creepy places in Mississippi, City Cemetery in Kosciusko definitely fits the bill. Many blessings https://www.wjtv.com/news/metro/vacant-kuhn-memorial-state-hospital-to-be-demolished/1435602808. Adopt Ragdoll Cats in Florida. Get more stories delivered right to your email. My nursing school in El Dorado, Ark closed and 5 members of my class transferred here for our senior year. I am CERTAIN all records are kept somewhere in state archives. From there maybe you might could help as well? Do you know if times where record by the hospital? Change). I visited it last May walked through it. It was Parkview Hospital when she was born. Your email address will not be published. The building-Mercy Hospital, still sits empty. Has anything ever been done with the old Mercy Hospital? Yes security and cameras are in place. I went to nursing school (RN) at Mercy and stayed there for 45 years. I was born at Mercy in 1962. I delivered my first baby in a taxi cab at the front of Kuhn memorial Hosp. Next time you go take a camera with you and you wont be disappointed, its very active especially during the daytime, I can only imagine what you would pick up at night time. Ray Mabus) did this year.. Joanne I just came across your post.would you or.the nurse midwife you are in contact.with worked in the year 1978? Thanks for your time! Mabus, a Democrat, wants to close Matty Hersee Hospital in Meridian, South Mississippi State Hospital in Laurel and Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg. (LogOut/ Very neat place as I could imagine how it used to be. The old Mercy Hospital would be a perfect fit for what we do. They both are deceased. I have always wanted to be a paranormal investigator. I contacted the police department and they advised me not to enter the property without express permission of the owner. Dr. Montanezs wife was in training at Kuhn also. I was told it was only on the long versions. Its really sad. He died on that blanket. Johnston was a kind gentleman, and a caring Doctor. Where was the morgue located? We lived on Speed Street when I was born, then moved to 2408 Oak Street, I think it was. I was born 5/8/1974.i was born thier also. and Sister Mary Eva. It may take some time. Hey Shirley, I am interested in knowing who your mom and sister were since they also went to the apparent same school. I recently ordered my moms and it came in the mail today. . I am sad to see our beautiful Mercy Hospital in such bad state. Most of the documentation survived, although it seems that for the most part, the original plans are not in these records which are in Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. I would really like to hear your stories!! My son was born there in 1980. 1422 Martin Luther blvd. 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