Physical abuse was one of the ways they used to control the patients. Mrs. Pharr, whose son went on to being the Commandant at West Point, was my pediatric nurse. The people buried in those coffins lived and died at what was once known as the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. Anyone know about her? As you well know, I know very little about it and Im very intrigued of its history. Located in Laurel, this abandoned hospital in Mississippi not only looks totally creepy, but is, not surprisingly, believed to be haunted. The building-Mercy Hospital, still sits empty. Weve been searching.for the right building for over two years and weve seen some buildings in really bad shape. My mom in laws grandfather was there in 1913. Mercy even played a role in the establishment of a nursing school at USM in the 1960s. Thanks for the post! We went yesterday stayed a couple hours and still didnt get enough of it talked to a guy born there in 1976 and he tried to show us the morg but we never saw anything that wouldve looked like a morgue. Thanks for your time! Run by Dr. George K. Birchett, and later his son, grandson, and great-grandson, the hospital served wounded during the Civil War and suffered the deaths of 16 doctors and 6 Catholic Sisters of Mercy during the Yellow Fever of 1878. could have been when it first closed but as you can see vandalism has taken its toll on the building and it would prolly take several million dollars to do something of use for it now with all practical purposes it would be cheaper to raze this place and build another rather than try to restore this now.. just another wasted government building. Mr. For children who have been abandoned for 4 months, a TPR petition must be filed within 14 calendar days.First, it doesn't matter if the year long period where one parent "failed significantly" occurred right before the adoption hearing (i.e., a failing parent can't save himself by sending a lot of gifts and making a lot of phone calls after he . It may take some time. We provided excellent care. I had a child there on Janaury 10, 1980, a little girl I was told. My email is ahnissa.eq@gmail.com. Trial Set; A Photo; Caramel Act, In June, Sharen Wilson, 69, was attacked in her Drummond Street Home and taken to the Abandoned Kuhn Memorial Hospital on Martin Luther King Boulevard, where she was Shot with a Stolen Gun in One of the buildings and her body left in a wooded area of the Property where it was found by Ghost Hunters. Judy, I remember your mom very well and of course I remember all the doctors you mention. Later we moved close to Mamas work. Herring came into my room to ask about his relatives, and my mother and I had no idea of who he was. Later she worked for Dr. James Kiley. I am what they call a sensitive. You can certainly go there. OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. We moved into an apartment on Bomar Avenue while we were building our house in Wildwood and we lived on Claremont Circle. However, I was genuinely surprised to see how solid the two buildings are, apart from the missing windows, doors, and vandalized interiors. there is so many possibilities for it even if just to clean it up and put the windows and security there and use is as a museum. Status unknown. Another one of the most haunted places in Mississippi is Kuhn Memorial State Hospital. I would like to know how to contact them . It took its place at this location, then a suburban estate with a substantial house in 1847. Click here for directions to the cemetery, so you can see the infamous statue for yourself. I pray that your plan goes through. I think I was one of the early babies born in the new hospital August 30, 1957. Shirley, I am in the process right now of trying to get funding to buy the hospital property. Please join us for our monthly clean up event. I have such wonderful memories of Kuhn the staff and patients everyone did the best that they could and our statistics were pretty amazing. I am able to feel and hear some of the dead but I talk to them normally. I agree! Its sad to see the hospital in that condition. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Are you sentimental enough to be a preservationist? If they did surgery there, he would have given anesthesia for that and probably took call for emergency surgeries on weekends and nights. Man connectged to Kuhn Hosp;ital KIlling onthe Loose. We have cleaned it up since then but there is water damage now since they clipped water lines and everything else they could get their hands on. The Civil War Reconstruction period. Sad. Does anyone else remember these ladies? That would be one haunted hotel if so lol.. The old L. O. Crosby Hospital in Picayune where I was born, the Eastover Blind School and soon Kuhn Memorial. Our last name was also Herring. Dr John Alexander Klein Birchett had cropped his dogs tail on a makeshift operating table at the Hosp. Got some strange feelings especially in the room with the fireplace as well as some other rooms neer that room. Click here for a history of Psychiatric Hospitals. By 1871, the state took over the hospital and it assumed a number of different roles. I have stories about Kuhn you would NOT believe. This would often cause discomfort for staff and patients when the Mississippi weather would swing wildly. . I will look in 1981 when I find that notebook! Now for this place to ever be used again it would need extensive remodeling. WHY DONT THY FIX UP THE ABANDON PLACES AND TURN THEM INTO APTS FOR ANYONE. Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital By ELMalvaney on March 28, 2012 ( 96 ) Standing on a two-block parcel on a high hill overlooking Grove Street, the old Mercy Hospital's blue tile front wall still beckons drivers off of the busy Clay Street thoroughfare. I remember riding past it as a child and SWEARING i saw ghosts in the windows. I just checked my records. I read a surgical procedure report on what I thought was a person. Author. Yea Judy, BoBo was Dr. Jarrett s nurse and June worked for Dr. Hinman. An abandoned Civil Rights Era icon The Ben Moore Hotel, pictured here, opened its doors in 1945 and in 1951 became the first hotel in Montgomery, Alabama to welcome African Americans as guests.. Abandoned and practically destroyed by a fire, its just a shell of the state-of-the-art facility it once was. Did anyone know of or work during 1978 in the labor and delivery floor?? My nursing school in El Dorado, Ark closed and 5 members of my class transferred here for our senior year. I know she has a record of all her women too. I was born here in August of 1985 and was delivered by a lady names Marilyn A. Johnson, CNM. " - RESCUE ME! Activities for all ages including kids who can help with littler prevention. I did retire in 2003! Thanks for the quick response.I tried to look it up on Google maps and I cant find it.is there an address by any chance?? Sam P, I have had very little dealings with the Kuhn Vicksburg City Hosptial. It COULD have been preserved. These include the Administration, Adjunct Facilities, including Pathology, Radio and X-Ray Therapy, Hydro Therapy, Electro Therapy, Pharmacy, Nursing Facilities, Nursery, Formula Preparation, Surgical Department, Obstetrics, Emergency Service Facilities. So has nurse Dotson who worked ob/gyn dept Lydia Bryant worked on 5 th floor along side Pearl Thomas. I was born at Kuhn memorial hospital in May 1977was tryin to find my medical record or a baby picture of myself i love to know a little about my history. Janne, Awesome, I hope you find it and would like to keep in touch with you to hear all about Kuhn. I knew that they had both passed on to the glory land. When Officers arrived on the Scene and walked into the residence, they smelled gasoline. Williams said. I was born there in June of 1967. - Authorities are investigating after a group of ghost hunters found a body at an old abandoned hospital in Mississippi, reports The Vicksburg . It was boarded up by the 1990s, but several paranormal investigation teams have . Vicksburg Evening Post, Tuesday, May 7, 1957, p. 1ff. Located, as it is on top of a hill mass, about forty feet above the road elevation at Grove street, the new hospital units command an impressive view from surrounding areas. Dr. Bob Ford, Dr. Rusty Barnes and Dr. Geri Weiland are still practicing. If you get the chance to drive by and see it it truly is a breathtaking place. by adding your comments (insightful, silly, but always respectful) and sharing important stories from your neck of the woods. Oh my Wanda Norwood is my aunt which she has passed away now. The owners have been so wonderful to us and have gone out of their way to work with us in viewing the building. I pray that someone opens that building and use it for Gods glory. God! The same story of abuse and neglect. My husbands birth certificate says DOB 12/02/45 at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg. He married Magprgaret Webb who was a dietitian and she lived in the same house as us-the student nurses. I vividly remember both she and Dr. Jarrett! A TikToker shared a clip to his page,. I delivered my first baby in a taxi cab at the front of Kuhn memorial Hosp. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his Governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort . It is still standing. I visited it last May walked through it. Its kind of sad to see things you remember disappearing. instead, MCC is opting to demolish it sometime this year or next year. Leading the List is the Embrarrassing situation involving Kuhn Memorial Hospital, and yes, we said Embarrassing Janice and I were in the same graduating class at SFXA in 1957 and Peggy was just right behind us. They have poured alot of money in it since we started taking care of the place in 06. My first and third children were born there in 1964 and 1966, respectively. It is SO sad to see that place falling. Interesting history lesson about the hospital, though. Still not good for the buildings, though . Does anyone know where the Pest House is located? Kuhn continues to be a symbol of incompetence and negligence on the part of so many parties that it would take far too long to list all those responsible, God bless. Since the building has been vacate for so long, this will be a major issue to resolve now. Found out he was buried at Cedar Lawn. Thanks so very much! The Kuhns building should be destroyed, the weather,rats,and other creatures made more of a mess of what that building was in its past. My grandmother worked there for many years cleaning floors, and later died there in October 1981. I would love to restore it but I would need lots of help an funding! We are working to take back the model from the overgrowth. The hospital provided healthcare to thousands of African-American patients from across the . How disappointing. Heres just part of one of the articles from that issue. The Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi was a famous African-American hospital funded by a fraternal organization called the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. it would certainly be better than the plastic palazzi built by the casinos. that is any hospital with a history of abuse and neglect. I have fond memories of studying in the Battlefields, sitting on a cannon, then walking back to our dorm behind the hospital. Its a possibility Janne, my family is heavily rooted in Vicksburg. I knew ms Lydia Bryant several years ago! As a Presbyterian, I was quite intrigued by the Sisters and all the trappings of Roman Catholicism like crucifixes and religious statuary then spent time here during high school as a Candy Striper along with Helen Carter, and a couple of girls from Utica and Raymond, I think. I first went to work there they had just opened the new emergency room in the new wing replacing the old emergency room in the back. I remember wonderful things about the people who worked at Kuhn. Also, my Mom, Mary Rose Phillips & her Sister, Susie B. Abandoned Hospitals and Mental Institutions Photo Gallery Just destroy it. I always wondered why they spent the money to build an entirely new hospital when they could have just spruced up this one. I dated one of her sons back in 95.she was such a sweet dear woman! I hear she was one of the first black nurses employed. The Old Post Files; 20 years ago (1996) Louisiana based Magnolia Health Wants to buy the former Kuhn Memorial State Hospital for a Phychisric Treatment Facility for addolecents. Unless its just allowed to rot down, which I guess is the current option. This is all so interesting. From hospitals and asylums, to cemeteries, schools, theaters, restaurants, parks, bridges, and even roads, there's an endless amount of places throughout the state that are said to have some ghostly spirits lingering. I dont remember which office has those records but start with the Mississippi State Health Dept. Did you know Johnny B. Taylor? It wasnt closed on 2000, my daughter was born there in April of 2001. Amanda, I have emailed her but she has not yet replied. by adding your comments (insightful, silly, but always respectful) and sharing important stories from your neck of the woods. Mr B asked for a hotel room as he did not want to be abandoned at the bus bench. Susan, I just thought of another Mercy physician that delivered babies in 1962. I intend to go back bc somehow I failed to find the morgue and I know I need to for some reason. I was born at Kuhn August 1962. how I wish the time was on my birth certificate but it is not ( I wanna have my natal horoscope done, but dont have the time) As far as I know, the hospital is now abandoned. The statue of Laura Kelly was commissioned in the late 1800s, by Mr. Kelly, Lauras husband. Ray Mabus has proposed closing the three charity hospitals that the nations poorest state operates for its poorest people. Does anybody on this list know anything about the Pest House not far from Kuhn where infectious patients were sent? I was born in Kuhn in Nov of 1978 and just learned of its history and now I am convinced that if I return there before they demolish it im going to find whats been tormenting my soul my entire lifemy story is long But am convinced that Kuhn is holding all the answers for meanyone else born there have something anything they cant figure out. THey were poor and had no means to investigate. However, I heard that the Street Clinic would be used for physicians that want to rent. Kuhn State Memorial Hospital might be long gone, but that doesnt mean Vicksburg is void of creepy places. 63 talking about this. Johnnie Taylor worked the emergency room day shift until she retired.Long about 86 not sure of exact date.. she has since passed away.. Originally created to care for injured sailors working on the Mississippi River, this hospital was a campus of six . It also OKd $2.13 million for Matty Hersee Hospital, $2.03 million for Laurels South Mississippi State Hospital and $99,642 for the State Eleemosynary Board. Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. I went through hell and back during my 36 1/2 hours of hard labor but, I would not trade it for anything in the world. Hi Kris, unfortunately the expense of restoring this would be astronomical. Janne Debes, I recently visited the Kuhn and I am totally obsessed with it. China, Dr Said Elisa, and Dr Lemia. There are no vines on the building or elevator shaft anymore.We have done a good bit with the place since someone took these pics. Ghost hunters searching an abandoned Mississippi hospital for the paranormal found the body of a missing 69-year-old woman. Black mold was a problem in the building even before we moved out. She was a LPN. An abandoned Mississippi hospital, popular among curiosity seekers and paranormal researchers, became a crime scene Sunday after a group of ghost hunters found a body while exploring the property. Now, you continue to cherish the fond memories of your childhood. The hospitals last baby was delivered this month. But nobody ever pushed the issue until (Gov. He loved working there and the other employees. I went there almost two weeks ago..There is activity there.. I remember you very well. It was a running joke with some new employes that you could work in the building for a month, and never take the same path twice to get somewhere. I really would love for it to be restored and opened back up as a hospital.. Not a hotel. They lived on the top floor in the back. The inmates staffed the hospital, working jobs such as cleaning, clerking. Yes, it needs cleaning and some replacement of stolen plumbing, but overall, its is great condition. We use to have to wear lab coats and many people thought he and I were young doctors. I can do hospital corners on beds today because of those years. Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital. Would love to have an update. In his will, Kuhn directed that a 7-person committee composed of three Jews, two Catholics, and two Protestants be formed to decide the best way to disburse the money. Many of the plans would fall through and nothing much has happened with the building since then. Wonder if MDAH has any patient records dating back to 1913. (function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js'playList=519366027&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&videoGroupID=155847 . A group of Mississippi ghost hunters made a scary discovery Sunday, when they were snooping around near a shuttered hospital and came upon the remains of a woman who had been abducted from her . You can enjoy a history tour, haunted tour, or combo tour. Ms Franco was charge nurse on 2nd floor in day and there were many capable nurses that are still alive who worked that floor as well as some who have gone on to be with their maker. The state took over the operation of the hospital in 1871, and the institution was re-named the State Charity Hospital at Vicksburg. Vicksburgs building inspector gave the owners, a foundation in Yazoo City, 120 days on September 18th to decide what to do with it. It is too bad that the Vicksburg Posts archives are now pay-per-view, they ran a nice article last November about Kuhn Hospital. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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