Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children

Quick Facts

Location:

Along Morris Memorial Rd between James River Tpk and U.S. Rt. 60, Milton, WV

Designation:

National Register of Historic Places

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

No

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children is eligible for listing in the National Register at the local level under Criterion A: Health/Medicine for its significance as self-sufficient children's hospital, used primarily for the treatment of polio. It is also eligible at the local level under Criterion A: Social History for its association with the Works Progress Administration, the Depression-era public works agency that funded and constructed the building. The period of significance begins in 1936, when the building was constructed, and ends in 1960 when the hospital closed.