1401 Division Ave., West Palm Beach, Florida. County/parish: Palm Beach.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 26, 2001. NRIS 00001675.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Pine Ridge Hospital (also known as the Pine Ridge Apartments) is a historic hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, that served as a hospital between 1923 and 1956. It is located at 1401 Division Avenue.
The hospital was designed by West Palm Beach architects Harvey & Clarke and is not special architecturally. The hospital building was deemed historically significant at a local level for its role as the sole hospital serving African-Americans in West Palm Beach in the period up to the ending of segregation in the 1960s. It "was a well-known institution among blacks throughout the South" during the 1920s and 1930s.: 7
On 26 January 2001, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
It is included in the Northwest Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77843609