Barnett Hospital and Nursing School

Barnett Hospital and Nursing School is a historic hospital and school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It is a three-story, rectangular building measuring 29 feet wide and 100 feet deep. It features a low-pitched, Mediterranean-style, hipped roof with clay Spanish tile. The original building was built as a frame dwelling, with subsequent additions in 1912, 1918, and 1925. The hospital was opened in 1912 by Dr. Clinton Constantine “C.C.” Barnett^[2] and served the African American population of Huntington. The Barnett Nursing School opened in 1918. The hospital closed in 1939. The Trustees of International Hod Carriers’, Building and Common Laborers’ Union owned the building from 1947 until 2007.^[3]

Barnett Hospital and Nursing School
Geography
Location	West Virginia, United States
History
Opened	1912
Closed	1939
Links
Lists	Hospitals in West Virginia
Barnett Hospital and Nursing School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Barnett Hospital and Nursing School, October 2012
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Location	1201 7th Ave., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°25′3″N 82°26′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	09001190 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 30, 2009

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Who's who in colored America. New York: Who's Who in Colored America Corp. 1927. OCLC 644049795.
3. Karen N. Nance and Erin Riebe (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Barnett Hospital and Nursing School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-23.