Name/Title
West Ellis HospitalEntry/Object ID
2020.229.001Description
A postcard with the front showing a color-tinted photograph of West Ellis Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Once located W. 9th Street (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) near Cameron Hill, West-Ellis Hospital occupied a Victorian brick building that was originally the home of Mayor Thomas Carlile, who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. The building was purchased by Drs. George West and G. Manning Ellis in 1904 and converted into West-Ellis Hospital. After Dr. Ellis’s retirement in 1922, it was briefly operated by Dr. West before being converted to a public hospital. In 1945, Carver Hospital, a segregated medical facility that served Chattanooga’s African-American community, opened at the location. Carver Hospital was closed and the former Victorian home was demolished in the early 1960s as part of the West Side Urban Renewal Project.Subject Person/Organization
West Ellis HospitalSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Chattanooga, Tennessee*Collection
Chattanooga Business CollectionPostcard Details
Place Published
* Untyped Place Published
Chattanooga, Tennessee*Date Published
circa 1914Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Thomas Carlile, Dr. George West, Dr. G. Manning Ellis, Carver HospitalCopyright
Type of License
No Copyright - United States
