Wheatley-Provident Hospital

Wheatley-Provident Hospital is a historic site at 1826 Forest Avenue in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1903 as St. Joseph's Parochial School. On June 1, 1918 after an extensive fundraiser of US$25,000 (equivalent to $430,144 in 2020) it was repurposed as Kansas City's first hospital for Black people by Dr. John Edward Perry and his wife Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry, who was the daughter of Rosetta Douglass and granddaughter of Frederick Douglass. It entered the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 2007[3] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 2020.[4][5] The owner is 1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC, which is rehabilitating the property into office space, preferably for tenants in the medical field for consistency with its heritage.

Wheatley-Provident Hospital
Southeast side and front door
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Coordinates39°05′26″N 94°34′10″W
Elevation817 ft[1]
Built1903 (1903)
Original useSt. Joseph's Parochial School
RebuiltJune 1, 1918 (1918-06-01)
Restored by1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC
Current useHistorical restoration
Owner1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC
Websitewheatleyprovident.com
Viewed from the northeast, under rehabilitation, in August 2020
Etching above the east-facing front door
North face, with the rooftop "ASYLUM" sign remnant from having been a Halloween haunted house attraction in the 1980s-1990s
Fundraiser photo, 1917[2]

History

The hospital's precursor institution was a small hospital and training school for nurses founded by 1902 Dr. J. Edward Perry. [6] In 1910 it was located at 1214 Vine and named Perry Sanitarium and Nurse Training Association. Renamed Wheatley-Provident Hospital in 1918, it relocated to 1826 Forest Avenue. A children's wing was added in 1925. By 1971, 50,000 patients had been seen at the 1826 location, where the hospital operated until 1972.[7] After the property fell into the hands of an absentee landlord, it was declared a hazardous building and threatened with demolition by 2017. More recently, the historic building was saved from destruction.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Kansas City topographic map, elevation, relief". topographic-map.com.
  2. "The New Wheatley Provident Hospital". Kansas City Sun. Kansas City, Missouri. December 15, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. "KCMO Historic Register". City of Kansas City, MO. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
  5. Gerber, Cameron (July 17, 2020). "First Black-owned hospital in Kansas City nominated for National Register of Historic Places". The Missouri Times. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  6. "Our History". 1826 Forest, Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  7. "First Black Hospital In Kansas City Is Now On Life Support". KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts. August 7, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  8. www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2021/07/28/wheatley-provident-hospital-18th-vine-commercial.html. Retrieved September 13, 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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