Holman Ave. and Ennis St., Houston, Texas. County/parish: Harris.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 27, 1982. NRIS 82004857.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing Building is a school building at the Houston Negro Hospital complex, now named Riverside General Hospital, located at the intersection of Holman Avenue and Ennis Street in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
The Houston Negro Hospital School of Nursing has the distinction of being the first school in Houston created for the express purpose of training black nurses. The attached medical facility, the first non-profit hospital for Black patients in Houston, provided work for black physicians who were normally barred from admitting patients to segregated Houston hospitals.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972454