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The hidden history of Boston's first and only Black hospital
An unassuming brownstone on East Springfield Street in the South End once housed the Plymouth Hospital in the early 1900s. It was Boston's first and only Black hospital, which was founded by Dr. Cornelius Garland.
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Boston's only Black hospital was founded in 1908 — in the South End apartment building where I lived
Lisa Gordon didn’t notice the plaque on her South End apartment building at first. It marked her new home as the historic site of Plymouth Hospital, “the first and only Black hospital in Boston,” founded in 1908 by Dr. Cornelius Garland. “Looking around my apartment, I couldn’t fathom how this small building had functioned as a hospital,” she writes.
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