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Poplar Bluff Hospital
Poplar Bluff Hospital
An early general hospital serving Poplar Bluff, documented in city directories by at least 1911.
Did You Know?
Poplar Bluff Hospital was one of the first medical facilities in the city, documented as operating by 1911 on South Main Street.
The Story
Poplar Bluff Hospital represents one of the earliest medical facilities in the city's history. By 1906, the hospital was operating at 218-A South Main Street, as confirmed by city directory listings from that year.
The hospital served the community during a period when modern medical facilities were still developing in rural Missouri. While earlier claims of an 1870s or 1880s founding have not been substantiated, the 1906 directory listing provides solid evidence of the hospital's existence and location. The photograph was taken by W. H. Kennedy and published in 1908.
By 1941, both "Poplar Bluff Hospital" and "Lucy Lee Hospital" were listed in JAMA hospital records for Missouri, indicating that both names and facilities were in concurrent use by that time. The exact relationship between these facilities and the timeline of the original Poplar Bluff Hospital's closure or transformation remains part of the city's medical history.
What's There Now
The site on South Main Street has been redeveloped over the years as downtown evolved.
City Directory Listings
This address appears in the following historic city directory listings.Some listings predate or postdate this site — see the timeline badge on each card.
Poplar Bluff Hospital
216 A Maim tel 66
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Halomek AJ
218 A Vine
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Paynor J L
218 A Vine
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Green E A
218 A Vine tel 305
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Kendall W A
218 A Vine
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Jones B C
218 A. Vine
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Wear John (of Elizabeth)
218 A Vine 025 Kinter
Dunham Directory Co's Poplar Bluff, Missouri City Directory for 1906
Poplar Bluff Hospital
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Poplar Bluff Hospital
216 A Main tel 66
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Halomek AJ
218 A Vine
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Paynor J L 218 A Vine
218 A Vine
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Green E A
218 A Vine tel 305
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Kendall W A
218 A Vine
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Jones B C
218 A. Vine
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Wear John (of Elizabeth)
218 A Vine 025 Kinter
Poplar Bluff, MO., City Directory 1908
Kendall W A
218-A Vine
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1911
Poplar Bluff Hospital
218-A S Main
W. H. Hoffman's Poplar Bluff City Directory, 1911
Poplar Bluff Hospital
203
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Poplar Bluff Hospital
215
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Poplar Bluff Hospital
215 Oak Phone 378
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Poplar Bluff Hospital
215 Oak Phone 378
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Poplar Bluff Hospital
215 Oak
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Possibly Connected People
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Quick Facts
Era
1910s
Year Built
1911
Area
Downtown
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