Historical Marker

Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2008

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The Story

Physicians Cornelius and Alice Woodby McKane founded a nurses' training school and the 1890s hospital that became Charity Hospital, among the first to train African American doctors and nurses in the region.

About this site

Savannah’s African-American Medical Pioneers is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2008. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0758, -81.0982 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Great Indian Warrior / Trading Path (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Savannah History Museum, Savannah Science Museum, and Central of Georgia.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0758, -81.0982 · Savannah, Chatham County

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