The Houston Negro Hospital is the original name of a hospital in
Houston
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Texas
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. Upon the completion of an expansion project to add an extra wing to the hospital in 1961, the entire facility was renamed Riverside General Hospital.
Riverside General Hospital History
The original building, located at 3204 Ennis Street, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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on December 27, 1982.
See also
* Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building
The Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building is a school building at the Houston Negro Hospital complex, now named Riverside General Hospital, located at the intersection of Holman Avenue and Ennis Street in Houston, Harris County, Tex ...
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1926 establishments in Texas
African-American history in Houston
Historically black hospitals in the United States
Hospital buildings completed in 1926
Hospitals established in 1926
Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Hospitals in Houston
National Register of Historic Places in Houston
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Texas
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