Thanks for any info you provide. This was prior to having ER physicians. It is too bad that the Vicksburg Posts archives are now pay-per-view, they ran a nice article last November about Kuhn Hospital. Found an old photo from 1910 that notes it being in Belhaven Heights https://secure.flickr.com/photos/mississippi-dept-of-archives-and-history/7164517907/in/set-72157630076470266. I was born in that hospital in 1981, wish I had money to save it. Me and a couple of my friends who love abandoned photography and are big in taking pictures of abandoned places have been wanting to get in here for awhile now. There was no police presence. Ray Mabus has proposed closing the three charity hospitals that the nations poorest state operates for its poorest people. Thanks for any info. (function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js'playList=519366027&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&videoGroupID=155847 . 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I am in touch with another nurse midwife from those days at Kuhn. I was nurse at Kuhn in 1967-68. Ruth Thornton was the OR RN supervisor who likewise taught and allowed me to observe my first surgeries. I see June occasionally. were amazing! They were trustees. Opened in 1855 and operated until 1935, the asylum housed about 35,000 patients. Several became my good friends. This, too, is connected to the main units by covered walkway. Keep in mind, we are trying! I like, Shirley Farish have many Anne Peacock was the chief nurse midwife, and Dr. Krish Potnis the ob/gyn. Does anyone know what happened to the medical records from this hospital. I wish I could say the same about hospitals today. Ms M & me only had a blanket to give. Just curious as to whether this was the hospital.. Drugs from the pharmacy will be dispensed to out patients through the business office with pharmacy located directly behind the business office. They just cant seem to get a bite on the building. Your post only showed your first name and I have been trying to place you. 14. Mercy was a top notch hospital and I thank the Sisters of Mercy for that and for the fond memories. I pray that someone gives it new life. Know of any other creepy places in Mississippi? It made me proud to work at such a facility. Kris, it is a sad day today in seeing items being moved out of the Street Clinic to the new medical building on 61N. When Vicksburg Police arrived to question McCloud, he gave them grim news, Captain Williams said. Abandoned Mississippi: Kings Daughters Nurses Home, Greenwood Abandoned Mississippi: Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital Abandoned Mississippi: Kuhn Memorial State Hospital, Vicksburg Abandoned Mississippi: Central Delta Academy, Inverness Abandoned Mississippi: Yazoo County Agricultural High School. Thank you in advance. I would love to meet the Nurse tharT delivered me. We were considered as the Mayo Clinic of the South. Welcome to Preservation in Mississippi, a blog about historic buildings, places, and even a few people in Mississippi. i felt the strong feeling of death and grief. I was just wondering what type of EVPs you got. Did you deliver a baby boy in 80 to the name of Robearra Augusta Smith. I remember the nursing home on Cherry Street. Blaine. I never knew the history of this hospital until I came across an article on Facebook. I graduated in 1960 and retired from nursing in 2006. Buddy Butts Park, 6180 McRaven Rd, Jackson, MS 39209, USA. 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. Next was having a reaction to penicillin in the emergency room when it was on street level. 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. From the dark maze of rooms that filled the building to the strange happenings that took place within its walls, its no wonder it was often revered as one of the spookiest sites in Mississippi. And spent many days in residence throughout an early childhood of severe asthma, including one Christmas. My grandmother worked there for many years cleaning floors, and later died there in October 1981. Jane Louis. She said there wasnt any air conditioning and that there was no pain medication.. I would love to try to find her is possible! Mercy even played a role in the establishment of a nursing school at USM in the 1960s. Its sad to see the pictures of the hospital now. McRaven, located at 114 Harrison St. in Vicksburg, is on the National Register of Historic Places and first opened to the public in 1961. I knew I would be feeling better soon. I guess when river region came up Park View went down. it would certainly be better than the plastic palazzi built by the casinos. It wasnt closed on 2000, my daughter was born there in April of 2001. I always wondered why they spent the money to build an entirely new hospital when they could have just spruced up this one. Interesting. Awww!!! I would love to restore it but I would need lots of help an funding! Sam P, I have had very little dealings with the Kuhn Vicksburg City Hosptial. I can not recall the year but I took Georgia Marshall RN position and it was soon after the new ER was built and I worked in that Dept for 25 years. Any suggestions on who to contact for permission to go through the buildings? It would be interesting to hear what it was like in 1960. I visited it last May walked through it. Mom was a LPN & Aunt Susie was a RN. Offices in Broward, Jacksonville, Miami, N. Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa, West Palm Beach, and a Mobile Law Office . The people buried in those coffins lived and died at what was once known as the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. They need to update the pics.. We have cleaned the outside up a good bit. I hate that it is no more. Do not know if that is true or not. My best guess is that Mercy closed around 2000. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsI was born in a hospital in Vicksburg in 1948. Also please make contact with David Gibson, a local citizen who lives behind the hospital. Patricia what year was your student nurse at Kuhn ? I wonder if there is a connection to Kuhns Hospital and my great grandmother. Just when Tekashi 6ix9ine thought his legal troubles were behind him, Miami artist Yung Gordon claims in a lawsuit that the rapper and his producer ripped off his work in the track "Stoopid." Now for about 15 years I have been a volunteer in the gift shop. In those days so did the doctors. Meanwhile, Ill still enjoy looking over at the blue tile wall with the cross on it whenever Im passing by on Clay Street. I was born December 30, 1980. I saw June when my mom died as she came down the graveside service at Hermanville. Its not actually the cemetery thats creepy, but a specific statue within the cemetery. Somehow I still remember these things and remembered the severe lack of parking and the view of the Mississippi River from there. Many of the plans would fall through and nothing much has happened with the building since then. I remember fainting in front of the hospital admissions desk and being admitted for a couple of days. Dr. Horn was a Pediatrician in with Dr. Jarrett from1960 until I left in 1968. It would be wonderful for someone to come in a restore it. Space is provided for main lobby and waiting rooms, admitting office, Social services office, Information, PBX and tube room. I drove by there on a recent visit to family. My son was born there in 1980. Wonder if MDAH has any patient records dating back to 1913. Got some strange feelings especially in the room with the fireplace as well as some other rooms neer that room. Just wanted to thank you.i dont know if you delivered me but Im sure you my know the person who did. My child was ill and it was discovered that she had a brain tumor, and I can tell you I may have be at the University of Mississippi with her but several of the nuns and father were with me and came anytime I need support-to the point of being with me when they told me it was inoperable. and June Emerson who worked for the urologist whose name escapes me. My mom was a corrections officer there in the 80s up until it was closed. Unless its just allowed to rot down, which I guess is the current option. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. (And much more,) I, Renetta Shinall, was born at Kuhn State Memorial Hospital in December 30, 1980. Dr. Ting was our OBGYN. In the years that followed its closing, several paranormal investigators have visited the property. 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. So, have you heard about this abandoned hospital in Mississippi? Chris, I will have to give that a little thought. My Dad passed away in 2005. That was a number of years after I work there. I have many fond memories of working in and around that building for years. Learn how your comment data is processed. I am praying that I will have possession of the property soon so that we can start fundraising and working on it. Its an eye sore,if it is haunted set them to wear they need to go. One of the first babies to survive the surgeries he had. I am interested in knowing who your mom and sister were since they also went to the apparent same school. The womans name was Virginia Sharplin. " - RESCUE ME! Most of the documentation survived, although it seems that for the most part, the original plans are not in these records which are in Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors, mainly indomethacin and ibuprofen, have been largely used in the prevention of this pathology. They lived on the top floor in the back. I am able to feel and hear some of the dead but I talk to them normally. Approx 50 percent whtie, 50 per cent black.). One visitor even made a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek. There were three Street brothers who were physicians and they originally owned the hospital and they gave it to the Sisters of Mercy. Over the years, visitors to the cemetery have claimed that the statue of Laura Kelly appears to be weeping. I was told that she was still birth. Also I have bipolar disorder. The building is wide open, so like the Mayville KY hospital. During periods of changing weather, it would take approximately 24 hours to switch from heating to cooling or back again. I was born at Kuhn on 10/13/1973 at 6:27 am I think Dr Nathan B Lewis was my moms doctor. I think that is why the spirits get restless and just get pissed and walk off. However, this therapeuthic approach has lately been abandoned since more adverse effects are being reported. I walked through it and covered every floor and room.. I was born June 19, 1978. I did retire in 2003! So convenient all the yrs at Mercy which ended up being 42 . The abandoned hospital then became a subject of local lore. But we found a lot of neat stuff and took tons of pics too. Lots of memories from this building, practicing physicians. Shubuta Bridge, Shubuta cmh2315fl/Flickr Abandoned for years, this abandoned bridge in Mississippi has a sordid past that will forever remain a part of Shubuta's history. This would often cause discomfort for staff and patients when the Mississippi weather would swing wildly. Leading the List is the Embrarrassing situation involving Kuhn Memorial Hospital, and yes, we said Embarrassing If they did surgery there, he would have given anesthesia for that and probably took call for emergency surgeries on weekends and nights. In reviewing old records left behind from earlier times. It also OK'd $2.13 million for Matty Hersee Hospital, $2.03 million for Laurel's South Mississippi State Hospital and $99,642 for the State Eleemosynary Board. Since both the Vicksburg Medical Center and Parkview were older facilities with limited space for expansion, plans were made to look for a new location to build a brand new state of the art facility. It is still standing. Ruby Washington Ruth Christian and others,,, We had a reunion of all old employees a few years ago.. Eva Farrish who was a midwife nurse practitioner there has all of the history pretaining to that reunion,,, she is still alive. I contacted the police department and they advised me not to enter the property without express permission of the owner. I never entered the medical field after High School which is when I worked at Mercy I went into mechanical industry. Dr Lee. Do you know if times where record by the hospital? Even if the hospital were to be demolished any asbestos would still be subject to remediation and the associated expense. Tucked away on the Jackson Road (now Martin Luther King Jr. I was born here, July 1967, as was my sister four years earlier. I recently ordered my moms and it came in the mail today. Just wondering what the latest may be on being ole Mercy back to life. Mrs. Pharr, whose son went on to being the Commandant at West Point, was my pediatric nurse. 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. It is amazing. Janne, I married a man from Vicksburg and we talked about the Pest House and drove past the driveway many times. thanks. Anyone know anything about that big room with the fireplace? 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. We even had insurance and payed our bills!!! The town has mostly been abandoned because of its economic desperation, though its history of racial tension and periodic flooding certainly didn't help. My Mother-in-law Carolyn Flether Peebles gave birth to my husband on December 19, 1982 @ Kuhn state hospital so you might have delived him! 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. . i am very interested in the paranormal!! I was born in this hospital on April 29, 1993 and I remember when they built the new hospital River Region in 2001 or so.. It was a very interesting building to be in. Joanne I just came across your post.would you or.the nurse midwife you are in contact.with worked in the year 1978? I could have delivered you! I also saved a lot of letters to my parents about events at Kuhn, and especially amazing birth events, prisoner-workers, etc. No it isnt open, and a high locked fence surrounds the property. How did MissPres get its start? Hawell she loved people everywhere she went! Although the building was structurally sound, it simply became too controversial and too blighted to save; no organization or private business ever had a solid plan to restore it. thank you! Daisy was very young at the time of the War for Southern Independence but remembers the soldiers. I would love to see that building remodeled and used for something great. Janne Hi do you know any co workers that worked as early as 1978 delievering babies?? Would you care to contact me and share some stories? Sharon Wilson, 69, was killed early Sunday morning, according to. It COULD have been preserved. My older brother was transferred to Mercy right after he was born. As well as a male nurse named Thomas! Im sure many of the individuals I worked with her no longer with us . Abandoned Mississippi: Vicksburg's Mercy Hospital. Someone may tho, in the future, OMG I DIDNT KNOW ALLOF THIS WHEN I HAD ONE OF MY BABIES THERE IN APRIL1975 UGH. Left me with fond memories. Who is E.L. Malvaney? . We could not find the basement entrance. There were several people who might have. June and I were in the same nursing class (1961) at Mercy. The hospital was officially closed in 1960. It WAS a hospital for people with no insurance, no money. My friend, caucasion, reared at Holly Bluff, Yazoo County, Mississippi Those sound like such valuable records, it would be a shame for them to be lost in the shuffle of time. I would love to see the inside of that beautiful old building again. I have a deep respect for its history and would like to turn it into a Christian Community Center. I feel certain that the asbestos would have to be removed among other things. 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