A grassroots effort in Altlanta, Georgia is underway to preserve what's left of a hospital that served Black patients at the height of Atlanta's Jim Crow era.
Only one of three buildings that comprised McLendon Hospital stands at the corner of Bernard Street and Chicamauga Avenue. Photo: Courtesy of Atlanta Preservation Center
Lisa Reyes, president of the Historic Hunter Hills neighborhood association, told Axios she has reached out to the property owner with the hopes of starting a discussion on how the former hospital can be recognized.
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