Learn how your comment data is processed. I was born at Kuhn in 1970. The Mississippi Legislature this year approved a $2.08 million budget for Kuhn Memorial. Probably both the 1959 and the 1962 buildings were designed by Raymond Birchett, Vicksburg architect and great-grandson of the original Dr. Birchett. The bones of steel and concrete are solid. Lots of memories from this building, practicing physicians. The crazy thing was that he resembled my father in stature and physical characteristics. It is still standing. She still resides in Wildwood Subdivision behind the Mercy Hospital. And at one time, the fourth floor served as a minimum security prison. The three Doctor Street brothers were the founders of Mercy Hospital and the clinic. Any photos posted would be great ! I can go a step farther to tell you how wonderful they were. However, it sat vacant for years, and frankly it was pretty creepy. Interesting. 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OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. I will check my delivery records sometime today its a busy day. There was no police presence. Back then, the Vicksburg Evening Postran a special issue describing the building, the leadership, the doctors who would staff it, the medical miracles that would be able to be performed there. Two nurses whom she worked with and loved were BoBo, Dr. Jarretts nurse, I believe, He was Dr. Kimble Love and lives in Hattiesburg,Ms. My first and third children were born there in 1964 and 1966, respectively. Oh my Wanda Norwood is my aunt which she has passed away now. Janne, Awesome, I hope you find it and would like to keep in touch with you to hear all about Kuhn. I am told the Sisters took great care of him. It is hard for me as well. Kuhn has stood vacant for the two decades since this article, and as you can see in the pictures below, the results arent pretty. During periods of changing weather, it would take approximately 24 hours to switch from heating to cooling or back again. From Jan. 1 to May 31, this year 72 babies started their lives at Kuhn. In 1922, Poveglia's abandoned hospitals and other structures were converted into an asylum. But we found a lot of neat stuff and took tons of pics too. I was born there in 1959. He was a nurse anesthetist who worked full time at Vicksburg Hospital, but would also work part-time at Kuhn. Meanwhile, Ill still enjoy looking over at the blue tile wall with the cross on it whenever Im passing by on Clay Street. Kevin, is there a way for you to contact me at my email? Dr. Ting was from China. The history of the Marine Hospital dates back to 1798 when President Adams established the Marine Hospital Service to care for injured and disabled seamen working on the Mississippi River, and was a precursor to the Public Health Service. Dr John Alexander Klein Birchett had cropped his dogs tail on a makeshift operating table at the Hosp. I am still kicking and very active at the age of 78. We explored the kuhn hospital ruins on 7/19/14. You know back in those days they really did not know how to treat psychiatric patients. They need to update the pics.. We have cleaned the outside up a good bit. (And much more,) Just curious. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to posts author and Preservation in Mississippi with appropriate and specific direction and links to the original content. I have a deep respect for its history and would like to turn it into a Christian Community Center. THey were poor and had no means to investigate. 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When you do step inside (and as one person said..there ARE common sense safety issues-you need to be careful if you go) you can feel the weight of history on your shoulders, with every breath, and every step. I had two great aunts that died and state hospitals for the insane and Texas. There were several people who might have. Funny thing is, my grandma was delivered by a midwife also in Pocahontas, MS in 1927 but her time of birth is on it. As for a use, I have no ideas, but maybe this post will inspire somebody to think of something and motivate them to get going. Community leaders are pleased something is being done with the old hospital. Three months later a friend had her baby at River Region. I was watching a eposide of ghost asylum and never knew the history they spoke of. Broken bones, and poison stuff.you know everything! Its so funny to see my name here! Yes, the inmates did work right along beside us. I finally found this place on Google mapsnow, it is ok to go and look around and take pictures of it? Sam P, I have had very little dealings with the Kuhn Vicksburg City Hosptial. Did you deliver a baby on May 29,1985. Hope it does not become vacant for I live in the subdivision right next door. Someday Ill post some stories about people there! 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. 4. I did feel sad, since I loved working there. I was a senior in HS and I remember standing at the window of the school watching the patients being moved. I continued to work in the lab when I would have breaks from college. I was told that the patients that died were buried on the property. It is sooo sad to see it like it is, but when you pull up beside it you actually feel the history. Shirley, I am in the process right now of trying to get funding to buy the hospital property. My Dad passed away in 2005. Once we agree upon terms with the owners of the property, and we hope its soon, wed love for anyone ever born there, worked there, knew someone there, to set up a time for a re-visit. In addition to housing Confederate Veterans, the building was used to hold medical classes for the University of Mississippi. I have a question I would like to ask. Patricia what year was your student nurse at Kuhn ? I graduated from Mercy in 1960. Third child born in Rolling Fork, about 20 25 miiles distant, roads bad. I agree! Bloodstains are still in the original flooring and one of the ceiling beams shows where a cannonball struck the mansion before its occupants surrendered and turned it into . Ruth Ross was the head of the lab and taught me more than I can describe. i am very interested in all of this paranormal activity, could you give me more description of what yiu have seen and heard of! The hospital also included a mental ward as well as the "Pest House," a separate building used to house those with infectious diseases. The patients we saw were very Ill, as they at times waited until their condition was grave before arriving at the Hosp. We are currently talking with the owners about purchasing this great facility and doing a Veterans recovery program there. Blvd.) That burns the skin and I can imagine being a woman and having to wash my private parts with that soap. He died on that blanket. Just beyond the chapel is the nursing school and education building. She said there wasnt any air conditioning and that there was no pain medication.. Opponents claim to have 100,000 signatures to keep the hospitals open. Forrest Lamar Cooper Postcard Collection Heaven Help Us All. I will email her and ask her and get back to you! Standing on a two-block parcel on a high hill overlooking Grove Street, the old Mercy Hospitals blue tile front wall still beckons drivers off of the busy Clay Street thoroughfare. Been in there several times..got TONS of EVP. Those sound like such valuable records, it would be a shame for them to be lost in the shuffle of time. Check out this Asbestos factory that was converted into a green office building. Reading this makes me wonder what really happen the morning I gave birth. 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. This was prior to having ER physicians. Great article! Would love to have an update. I know it is a big project and but it is something that God has put on my heart so I am working on it now. However the memories remain. Later she worked for Dr. James Kiley. For anyone interested in helping out in any way to rehab the property, let us know so we can meet and make some plans. According to police, the group of individuals, who have not been identified, made the discovery at the abandoned Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in . Confederate veterans stalked the halls of a specially built annex, constructed in 1901 (burned in a mysterious fire in 1918). I was born there on 19 of nov 1980. Who knows!!!!! I have an acquaintance here at MSU who is working on a thesis about disabled Northeast Mississippi Civil War veterans and, from what he has told me, you would be surprised at the paltry medical facilities in that area decades after the Civil War. A shining achievement for Vicksburg, many are expected from over a wide area to attend the dedication and opening on Wednesday. Abandoned Hospital in Laurel, Mississippi. The building-Mercy Hospital, still sits empty. 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