Presbyterian Hospital dates back to 1898. Initially located at the corner of Trade and Mint Streets, in 1903, the facilities occupied the top floor of the North Carolina Medical College, which stills stands on North Church Street. By 1917, the hospital moved into the buildings of the former Elizabeth College for Women on Elizabeth and Hawthorne Avenues, where it stands today. The faculty then presented the hospital to the Presbyterian Churches in the area, hence its name.
St. Peter's Hospital was the first official hospital in Charlotte. Led by Jane Smedberg Wilkes, the women of the St. Peter's Episcopal Church raised the money for the first St. Peter's Hospital in 1876. In the beginning, the hospital was located inside various homes rented by the Hospital Board before a permanent location was selected in 1886 at 225-231 North Poplar Street. Originally, it was a one-story structure; then a second floor was added, and this is how the building appeared in 1907.
This is the Good Samaritan Hospital, which was located 405 West Hill Street. Built in 1888, it is the first hospital for blacks in North Carolina. Like St. Peter's, the women of St. Peter's Episcopal, led by Jane Smedberg Wilkes, raised the funds for this hospital which operated into the 1960s before becoming part of what later became Charlotte Memorial Hospital, which later renamed itself the Carolinas Healthcare System. The buildings were demolished to make way for the Panthers football stadium.
This is Presbyterian Hospital, which was located at 311 West Trade Street. This postcard dates to 1909. Six years earlier on October 7, 1903, local physicians met at the courthouse in Charlotte and organized the Mecklenburg County Medical Society. Dr. H. Q. Alexander is the first president; Dr. Annie Alexander becomes the vice-president and Dr. Parks M. King is the first secretary-treasurer.
