Historical Marker

Americus Colored Hospital

Americus · Sumter County · Erected 2008

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The Story

Opened in 1923 and funded largely by Dr. W.S. Prather, this was among southwest Georgia's earliest hospitals for African Americans. Open to doctors of all races, it gave Black physicians and nurses a rare place to practice until 1953.

About this site

Americus Colored Hospital is a historical marker in Americus, Sumter County, erected in 2008. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0772, -84.2343 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Campbell Chapel AME Church (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dismuke Storehouse, Guerry-Mitchell House, and Confederate Hospitals.

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

📍 32.0772, -84.2343 · Americus, Sumter County

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