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Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Morris Memorial Rd. between the James River Turnpike and U.S. Route 60, Milton, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°25′14″N 82°06′28″W / 38.42056°N 82.10778°W / 38.42056; -82.10778
Area	182.0 acres (73.7 ha)
Built	1936
Built by	Works Progress Administration
Architect	Frampton & Bowers
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	13000262
Added to NRHP	May 8, 2013

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, also known as Morris Memorial Nursing Home, is a historic hospital building located at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration as a hospital for children with polio. The modified U-shaped limestone building consists of a two-story central section, flanked by 1+1⁄2-story, Y-shaped wings. The central section features a domed and louvered cupola and a two-story portico. It has a T-shaped wing used as a school and a boiler house attached to the school wing by a hyphen. The hospital closed in 1960. It was subsequently used as a nursing home until 2009.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia
• Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children at Abandoned

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/06/13 through 5/10/13. National Park Service. 2013-05-17.
2. Jean Boger (December 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

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