Through much of the hospitals history, two topics have surfaced again and again as topics of interest: money and babies. Kuhn Memorial Hospital was opened in 1830 in response to a smallpox outbreak. I was born June 19, 1978. My first child was born, Nov. 2001,at Mercy which was named Parkview at the time. It was always spotlessly clean and maintained at that time. The out-patient division is built adjoining the hospital but on a separate site. But do not want to get in any kind of trouble. Mother is Sara Lynn Smith at the time..,As a matter fact.. My father meet my step mother there..cynthia renee dickerson. That is interesting. I don't claim the rights to Kelly Clarkson's "Never Ag .more. Polly and I delivered babies there after 1977. We have several types of activities from removing dirt, debris on the panels to cutting down and removing invasive trees. It saddens me to know that it has been closed and left to decay. Sharon Wilson, 69, was killed early Sunday morning, according to. Mississippi Archives image Interesting building, I do suggest if you go there dont go by yourself for where its located is not safe. We were just talking about Dr. G on Thurs. South Mississippi Charity Hospital in Laurel is also among the abandoned places in Mississippi. Abandoned Places In Mississippi 1. The women were raped by the staff. I remember we could see some of the house from the road. Have your own spooky tale to share? Hi Teresa and Eleanor. No trespassing! If you read down further you will see some of the comments that I have made. The decision was made in the late 1990s that the two hospitals in town should be combined into one facility. 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 I spent 42 years as a nurse at the hospital plus I have been living in the neighborhood since 1995. Are there any other abandoned places in Mississippi? However, it sat vacant for years, and frankly it was pretty creepy. Me and a Mr Day were there at the same time. 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. Sam P, Opinion Page Vicksburg Post, January 01st, 2016; Our Opinion. Someday Ill post some stories about people there! I graduated from Mercy in 1960. not sure when that happened. Home Abandoned Mississippi Abandoned Mississippi: Kuhn Memorial State Hospital,Vicksburg, By ELMalvaney on September 23, 2010 ( 206 ). The state took over the operation of the hospital in 1871, and the institution was re-named the State Charity Hospital at Vicksburg. VICKSBURG, Miss. As for the paranormal, it IS home to many, many spirits. i felt the strong feeling of death and grief. Kuhn State Hospital started life as Vicksburgs City Hospital back in 1832, in response to a smallpox outbreak. The former charity hospital in Laurel is in ruins, too. Warren County Martin Pace said Officer went looking in several areas of town, adding Deputies are working double shifts utnil McCloud is caught. 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. I was born here in 1963 and I lived until I was 17 five houses up from the hospital in Wildwood subdivision. OMG Blaine I knew all three of them. However,, he told investigators that Ms. Wilson had been taken to Sharkey County, Mississippi, vicksbug Police Chief Walter Armstrong said Chief Armstrong said McCloud took the Officers on a search route that put them within Six miles of Greenville, when they learned a group of Ghost Hunters at the Kuhn Hospital Property had found Ms.. Willaims Body. I would to see something done with the building. Dr. Jarrett was my pediatrician and he had a nurse (sister of Mercy) that was referred to as Bobo. I was born oct 1978 also and was adopted. I was born there on April 6, 1965. Just when Tekashi 6ix9ine thought his legal troubles were behind him, Miami artist Yung Gordon claims in a lawsuit that the rapper and his producer ripped off his work in the track "Stoopid." And at one time, the fourth floor served as a minimum security prison. Exploring Abandoned Charity Hospital Laurel, Mississippi DeadlyKnot 5.89K subscribers Subscribe 2.4K views 4 years ago Welcome to the old abandoned charity hospital. We were considered as the Mayo Clinic of the South. The same story of abuse and neglect. The crazy thing was that he resembled my father in stature and physical characteristics. According to police, the group of individuals, who have not been identified, made the discovery at the abandoned Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in . Many, many good memories. there is so many possibilities for it even if just to clean it up and put the windows and security there and use is as a museum. We have met with one of the citys inspection managers in the hospital and he was so very encouraging and helpful. I was nurse at Kuhn in 1967-68. Then 1970 having my daughter there a patient of Dr. Horn, then going to LPN school followed by RN school there and working with the wonderful Shirley Farish and the sister of Mercy, who made me proud to be a nurse and go as far as possible, I was really upset when I visited last year and saw the hospital closed. for many years. Abandoned in 1989, Vicksburgs Kuhn State Memorial Hospital was a go-to destination for paranormal investigators for years, until its demolition in 2019. From there maybe you might could help as well? The town has mostly been abandoned because of its economic desperation, though its history of racial tension and periodic flooding certainly didn't help. According to a 1944 Vicksburg newspaper article, 360 babies were born at the hospital last year, about 90 percent of them colored.. Did you ever find out what happen to the medical records from the hospital? 14. (A note from Sam P It seems it never ends.). I hope this gives you some insight. just curious.. Eleanor, I was born at Kuhn Memorial State Hospital too 4/5/71 and Dr. Nathan B. Lewis delivered me. Ward worked there for years. That was a number of years after I work there. Yes, the inmates did work right along beside us. 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He married Magprgaret Webb who was a dietitian and she lived in the same house as us-the student nurses. When it comes to creepy places in Mississippi, City Cemetery in Kosciusko definitely fits the bill. The morgue is located in the basement around back of the building. Thanks Teresa. An abandoned hospital full of paranormal activity in one of America's most haunted cities is currently being demolished. A nun who taught me as a 4th grade student at St.Michaels elementary school in Biloxi taught me as a student nurse at Mercy. I was a senior in HS and I remember standing at the window of the school watching the patients being moved. Would love to go back when I have more time. Check out this Asbestos factory that was converted into a green office building. Found out he was buried at Cedar Lawn. This is a great article, thanks. We were there long enough that if neighbors had wanted to call police, they could have. I remember the nursing home on Cherry Street. Anyway my name is Mary and if you want please contact me. Death has become normalized in Hillcrest San Diego next to 2 hospitals. The true history is quite splendid better than fiction actually. Does anybody on this list know anything about the Pest House not far from Kuhn where infectious patients were sent? Do you know the address of The Pest House? My mom in laws grandfather was there in 1913. I was born here, July 1967, as was my sister four years earlier. Yea Judy, BoBo was Dr. Jarrett s nurse and June worked for Dr. Hinman. The hospitals, set up in 1916, together maintain 199 of the states 15,800 hospital beds on a $6.8 million budget. The hospital was officially closed in 1960. It is probably for the best. Rather a shame that the original buildings were destroyed. There should be some form of black history documentation noted for the first black nurses employed at Khun. Love Mississippi? She apparently died there and they shipped her body to her home town, however, my grand parents said it was not her body. I can not recall the year but I took Georgia Marshall RN position and it was soon after the new ER was built and I worked in that Dept for 25 years. Ms. Bernadine, my name is Betty Phillips. I was just wondering what type of EVPs you got. Any photos posted would be great ! I hate to see the old structure falling down. I wonder when she was there? Bloodstains are still in the original flooring and one of the ceiling beams shows where a cannonball struck the mansion before its occupants surrendered and turned it into . One of the first babies to survive the surgeries he had. Ive been a few times at night and would love to go back during the day before its demolished. I have such wonderful memories of Kuhn the staff and patients everyone did the best that they could and our statistics were pretty amazing. The haunted house proved to be a success as it raised more than $30,000 and attracted several thousand visitors during the month it was open. Did anyone know of or work during 1978 in the labor and delivery floor?? It COULD have been preserved. Thanks! Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. My mother worked in admitting here in 1978-79. You know back in those days they really did not know how to treat psychiatric patients. And had my first child there. I was born there in 1967 and Dr. Jarrett was my pediatrician. The state charity hospital in Jackson was on North State Street, just north of Fortification, on property now taken up by Baptist Hospital. The derelict almost haunted Kuhn Memorial State Hospital lies abandoned on 1422 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. We are currently talking with the owners about purchasing this great facility and doing a Veterans recovery program there. There is some sort of work going on next to it and even inside it; someone is cleaning, or removing debris, and under the awning which separates the two buildings it looks like someone has tied a chain around part of the brick and sped off to tear down just one section of wall. Hundreds of psychiatric institutions opened between the mid-1800s. We lived on Speed Street when I was born, then moved to 2408 Oak Street, I think it was. 9 haunting abandoned hospitals frozen in time Angela Kennedy 3/21/2022. Next was having a reaction to penicillin in the emergency room when it was on street level. Just keep me in your prayers that Gods Will may be done and this property can be turned into an beautiful assets for the community. Remember Dr Jarrett and nurse Bobo I recall the inmates working here alongside my mom. When I vist Vicksburg, I slow down every time I pass by whats left of Kuhn. Keep in mind, we are trying! Extremely distraught over his wifes death, he wanted a statue in her likeness. Broken bones, and poison stuff.you know everything! I am Renetta Shinall born there on December 30, 1980. The Vicksburg Medical Center located on I-20 was owned by HCA in Nashville and Parkview was own by Quorum in Brentwood TN. LOL We went to Vicksburg for one of Bobs class dinners this summer and visited all those old places. Such fond memories at Mercy. I am visiting Vicksburg now and I was looking for the old hospital site when I ran across this article. 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. Document # 001. Love the history lesson as Vicksburg has so many. I never knew the history of this hospital until I came across an article on Facebook. God! The three Doctor Street brothers were the founders of Mercy Hospital and the clinic. Shuttered in 1935, the asylum sat on what is now the site of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, reports The Clarion-Ledger. Im not the type of person to take chances or disobey law enforcement. How time flies. June 29, 2015 / 11:06 AM / CBS/AP. Would love to write a book. I can do hospital corners on beds today because of those years. My grandmother Maddie Hunter owned the Carriage Salon for 30 years. -- Police have identified a murder victim who was found by ghost hunters Sunday near an abandoned hospital. But nobody ever pushed the issue until (Gov. Well, almost vacant! I was told that she was still birth. Joanne I just came across your post.would you or.the nurse midwife you are in contact.with worked in the year 1978? We went and explored that place and it was really awesomewould you please share some information with me. A shining achievement for Vicksburg, many are expected from over a wide area to attend the dedication and opening on Wednesday. Been in there several times..got TONS of EVP. Apparently everyone thinks the cost of refurbishing the ruins is not worth the return on their investment..at least so far. Many of the plans would fall through and nothing much has happened with the building since then. Though Daniella was born in New York and has lived in a couple of other states, Mississippi has been her home for the past 25 years. Unless its just allowed to rot down, which I guess is the current option. So did I. Many abandoned psychiatric hospitals can be found on the east coast/ Northeast United States. 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. The hospital also included a mental ward as well as the "Pest House," a separate building used to house those with infectious diseases. My neighbor and friend at that time was a nurse midwife and her name was Polly. I was born at Mercy in 1962. Hi Kathy! I wish you a Very Happy New year and many more. Polly Malby. An abandoned Mississippi hospital, popular among curiosity seekers and paranormal researchers, became a crime scene Sunday after a group of ghost hunters found a body while exploring the property. Ruth Ross was the head of the lab and taught me more than I can describe. Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? I have lots of pictures from my recent visit if anyone would like to see them.. Mabus says the poor would be better served if hospital money went instead into Medicaid and got federal funds. Vicksburg, Mississippi 40.5 miles from Jackson, MS Duff Green Mansion served as a hospital during the Civil War and it still bears some of the scars despite restoration. 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. By the way, if you know anyone even speaking of trying to go in and walk through, be sure you let them know that we will prosecute to the fullest extent!! Who knows!!!!! If there was a profit to be made, someone would. and Sister Mary Eva. Is it guarded? That was the late 70s. We do not need another empty building. Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? This hospital had an asylum and morgue and a prison unit. The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. Two of them were very good friends of mine. I delivered my first baby in a taxi cab at the front of Kuhn memorial Hosp. Every two years or so theres been talk about closing down Kuhn, nursing supervisor Ruth Christian said last week. Do you have any info on those black glow in the dark chalkboard looking birth certificates or what happened to them. We lived in a small house on Openwood not far from the hospital. God bless. Yes Blaine, all deliveries were recorded in delivery area of all births and the time of delivery was part of the data. I wonder what really happened. she passed quite a few years ago.Just wondered Janne Debes if you may were amazing! They (Sis. The womans name was Virginia Sharplin. The booklet is located in the MDAH subject file KUHN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STATE CHARITY. The only reason I know that date is that I have the big Steel architect plaque that hung on the nurses home and it now hangs in my carport on Hildegarde and I was just reading it this morning and all the people mentioned on the plaque are deceased. The old Mercy Hospital would be a perfect fit for what we do. My sister was real sick. It is SO sad to see that place falling. I was born here in 1974. Healthcare was not a much of a priority then or now for Southern leaders. Any info relating to my birth in October 1978? I got my ears pierced there when I was about 12 years old, Is this place still standing? It wasnt closed on 2000, my daughter was born there in April of 2001. I remember this hospital well. I will look in 1981 when I find that notebook! The bones of steel and concrete are solid. I dont remember which office has those records but start with the Mississippi State Health Dept. Up the street from Kuhn Memorial was The Pest House. Was there the morning of 12/29/2010 watch the tires for broken glass. Perhaps I have been lucky enough to have a little money, very little, and insurance. And spent many days in residence throughout an early childhood of severe asthma, including one Christmas. Although the building was structurally sound, it simply became too controversial and too blighted to save; no organization or private business ever had a solid plan to restore it. The hospital was closed for good back in 1989 and it has laid vacant ever since. As a former employ, I enjoyed working in that building. Vicksburgs building inspector gave the owners, a foundation in Yazoo City, 120 days on September 18th to decide what to do with it. As for a use, I have no ideas, but maybe this post will inspire somebody to think of something and motivate them to get going. Would you care to contact me and share some stories? We walked the whole hospital and took pictures, got alot of orbs and several apreritions , got black shadows and voices. Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. Ill ask the two I know how to find. Susan, I just thought of another Mercy physician that delivered babies in 1962. Worked there for 45 years but in the hospital and not the clinic area. Amanda, I have emailed her but she has not yet replied. A lot of junk goes on out there. Its not actually the cemetery thats creepy, but a specific statue within the cemetery. It was a very interesting building to be in. Yes I remember there were no ER doctors and I also remember if it wasnt an emergency you were sent home. If you get the chance to drive by and see it it truly is a breathtaking place. The Old Post Files; 20 years ago (1996) Louisiana based Magnolia Health Wants to buy the former Kuhn Memorial State Hospital for a Phychisric Treatment Facility for addolecents. My youngest son was born there! I would love to get access to my medical records. . This is not a pretty story. I am able to feel and hear some of the dead but I talk to them normally. She still resides in Wildwood Subdivision behind the Mercy Hospital. Now for about 15 years I have been a volunteer in the gift shop. She was fun to have along! 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