Smyth County Community Hospital

565 Radio Hill Rd., Marion, Virginia. County/parish: Smyth.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 15, 2015. NRIS 15000908.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • VDHR# 119-5017

From Wikipedia:

Smyth County Community Hospital

The Smyth County Community Hospital is a historic hospital building at 565 Radio Hill Road in Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. It is a four-story steel-framed structure, finished in brick veneer, with a prominent five-story brick tower projecting at its center. One and two-story additions have been added to various parts of the building. It was built in 1965–67 to a design by Echols-Sparger & Associates, a local architectural firm, and was the first fully racially integrated hospital in southwestern Virginia.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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